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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States91.3%
2 Japan84.3%
3 Italy82.7%
4 France 80.8%
5 Germany78.7%
6 United Kingdom78.6%
7 Republic of Korea77.2%
8 Sweden57.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.622796 X +8.642
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.607
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.368

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 8912.344783 X +39154.491
Correlation coefficient (r)0.059
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -12.178081 X +91.365
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.471
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.222

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.294283 X +1.690
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -3.384332 X +13.845
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.064
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004