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Question: Which of the following statements come closest to your own views?
Choices: "There is very little truth in any religion" "There are basic truths in many religions" "There is truth only in one religion"
Data: % of "There is truth only in one religion"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye59.9%
2 Israel44.7%
3 Mexico29.6%
4 Italy23.6%
5 Spain22.6%
6 Portugal21.2%
7 Slovakia19.6%
8 Chile18.7%
9 Poland17.9%
10 Ireland15.3%
11 Slovenia15.0%
12 United States12.5%
13 Hungary12.3%
14 Austria12.2%
15 Latvia11.7%
16 United Kingdom10.2%
17 Republic of Korea10.1%
18 Czech Republic9.8%
18 Finland9.8%
20 Norway9.1%
21 Denmark8.9%
22 Japan 8.7%
23 Netherlands7.8%
24 Australia7.6%
25 Sweden7.0%
26 New Zealand6.7%
27 Germany5.4%
28 France5.1%
28 Switzerland5.1%
30 Belgium5.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -3.055883 X +7.189
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.553
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.306

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -88360.868903 X +57886.470
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.442
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.195

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -6.088254 X +81.500
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.275
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 1.544883 X +1.354
Correlation coefficient (r)0.550
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.303

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -26.130871 X +16.573
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.607
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.368