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Question: Do you agree that life is meaningful to you only because God exists?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye92.8%
2 United States46.0%
3 Chile45.4%
4 Portugal43.8%
5 Mexico41.2%
6 Italy40.7%
7 Israel40.0%
8 Poland38.3%
9 Slovakia38.0%
10 Ireland35.6%
11 United Kingdom24.2%
12 New Zealand21.9%
13 Spain21.0%
14 France19.9%
15 Republic of Korea19.4%
16 Australia18.4%
16 Switzerland 18.4%
18 Austria18.2%
19 Germany18.1%
20 Netherlands17.5%
21 Finland15.7%
22 Slovenia13.7%
23 Latvia13.3%
24 Denmark12.5%
25 Hungary11.4%
26 Japan11.3%
27 Belgium9.8%
28 Norway9.7%
29 Czech Republic8.9%
29 Sweden8.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. 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 = -1.844172 X +7.164
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.574
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.329

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -40561.846547 X +57235.390
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.295
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.087

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -4.263605 X +81.860
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.282
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.612715 X +1.378
Correlation coefficient (r)0.326
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -11.746218 X +12.946
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.541
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.293