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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 "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States80.0%
2 Germany76.9%
3 France 76.4%
4 United Kingdom74.8%
7 Japan65.9%
8 Italy57.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.579740 X +4.675
Correlation coefficient (r)0.782
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.612

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 142679.697200 X -52369.096
Correlation coefficient (r)0.717
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.514

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -18.721161 X +95.017
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.690
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.476

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.180198 X -0.070
Correlation coefficient (r)0.836
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.699

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 23.637400 X -7.690
Correlation coefficient (r)0.546
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.298