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Question: All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole nowadays?
Choices: "Completely satisfied" "Very satisfied" "Fairly satisfied" "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied" "Fairly dissatisfied" "Very dissatisfied" "Completely dissatisfied"
Average score (as "Completely satisfied"=7 "Very satisfied"=6 "Fairly satisfied"=5 "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied"=4 "Fairly dissatisfied"=3 "Very dissatisfied"=2 "Completely dissatisfied"=1)
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland5.65
2 Iceland5.63
3 Austria5.54
4 United States5.49
5 Israel 5.43
6 Sweden5.42
7 Germany5.38
8 Denmark5.37
9 New Zealand5.36
9 Slovenia5.36
11 Finland5.31
12 Spain5.28
13 Australia5.26
14 United Kingdom5.23
15 Mexico5.16
16 Czech Republic5.08
17 Slovakia4.99
18 France4.97
19 Japan4.71
20 Hungary4.62
21 Lithuania4.51

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.935507 X +1.978
Correlation coefficient (r)0.628
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.394

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 50639.498758 X -215721.380
Correlation coefficient (r)0.724
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.524

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 4.247197 X +58.499
Correlation coefficient (r)0.472
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.223

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.223876 X +0.411
Correlation coefficient (r)0.205
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -3.873911 X +30.642
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.343
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118