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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 very little truth in any religion"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France36.7%
2 Czech Republic34.1%
3 Japan 32.3%
4 Denmark27.5%
5 Norway26.5%
5 Sweden26.5%
7 Slovenia26.4%
8 Latvia24.6%
9 Belgium23.2%
10 Spain22.7%
11 Germany21.9%
12 Hungary21.8%
13 Netherlands21.3%
14 Australia19.2%
15 Chile18.5%
16 Mexico17.4%
17 Slovakia17.2%
18 Italy15.9%
19 Switzerland15.1%
19 United Kingdom15.1%
21 Finland13.7%
22 New Zealand13.3%
22 Portugal13.3%
24 Austria12.9%
25 Republic of Korea11.7%
26 Poland7.9%
27 Israel7.6%
28 Ireland6.8%
29 Turkiye6.5%
30 United States4.5%

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 = 1.034164 X +6.533
Correlation coefficient (r)0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -17011.093613 X +47728.345
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.059
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 4.524031 X +79.732
Correlation coefficient (r)0.143
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.435500 X +1.669
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.108
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 13.795084 X +10.042
Correlation coefficient (r)0.223
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050