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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:
47 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland85.0%
2 Norway83.2%
3 Denmark81.9%
4 United States80.0%
5 New Zealand79.7%
6 Switzerland78.4%
7 Germany76.9%
8 France76.4%
9 Iceland 76.1%
10 United Kingdom74.8%
11 Austria72.9%
12 Republic of Korea69.8%
12 Spain69.8%
14 Sweden68.9%
15 Japan65.9%
16 Czech Republic65.6%
17 Taiwan63.2%
18 Mongolia60.7%
19 Sri Lanka58.3%
20 Hungary57.8%
21 Italy57.6%
22 Slovenia57.0%
23 Israel54.2%
24 Singapore53.3%
25 Croatia50.8%
26 Lithuania50.6%
27 Russian Federation50.4%
28 Indonesia50.2%
28 Slovakia50.2%
30 Chile47.7%
31 Viet Nam47.1%
32 Malawi44.9%
33 Bulgaria43.9%
34 Suriname42.6%
35 Malaysia39.5%
36 Kenya37.7%
37 Turkiye35.1%
38 Philippines32.8%
39 South Africa31.7%
40 Ghana29.5%
41 Algeria28.4%
42 Georgia27.8%
43 Nepal26.8%
44 Cambodia26.2%
45 Thailand25.8%
46 Jordan24.4%
47 Nigeria21.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 191 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = 4.040519 X +3.848
Correlation coefficient (r)0.742
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.551

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = 117443.044139 X -33073.863
Correlation coefficient (r)0.815
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.664

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = 25.442057 X +62.607
Correlation coefficient (r)0.689
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.475

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -2.479932 X +3.278
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.575
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.331

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = 5.799854 X +7.085
Correlation coefficient (r)0.198
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039