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Question: Do you agree that there is little that people can do to change the course of their lives?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye43.8%
2 Chile35.0%
3 Slovenia29.6%
4 Israel27.1%
5 Italy24.3%
6 Hungary22.4%
7 Slovakia21.7%
8 Spain19.2%
9 Lithuania17.5%
10 Republic of Korea16.4%
11 Czech Republic14.6%
12 Austria 13.9%
13 Germany13.6%
13 Sweden13.6%
15 Iceland12.9%
16 United States12.8%
17 United Kingdom12.7%
18 Japan12.4%
19 New Zealand10.9%
20 Switzerland10.2%
21 Denmark10.0%
22 France9.6%
23 Norway7.5%
24 Finland6.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -4.445076 X +7.503
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.653
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.426

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -166364.903049 X +76386.933
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.656
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.430

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -8.873292 X +82.497
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.332
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.216543 X +1.314
Correlation coefficient (r)0.301
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -17.247640 X +13.321
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127