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Question: Do you agree that life does not serve any purpose?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden11.5%
2 Germany7.1%
3 France 6.9%
4 United Kingdom6.3%
5 Italy6.1%
6 Australia5.1%
7 Canada4.3%
8 United States3.2%
9 Japan2.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 8.853490 X +6.196
Correlation coefficient (r)0.610
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.372

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -38128.024483 X +53023.360
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 20.932095 X +80.594
Correlation coefficient (r)0.229
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.738364 X +1.391
Correlation coefficient (r)0.371
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -22.547960 X +11.318
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035