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Question: Do you agree that life is only meaningful if you provide the meaning yourself?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Austria91.1%
2 France90.4%
3 Cyprus86.7%
4 Germany85.9%
5 Japan 85.6%
6 Russian Federation84.0%
7 Hungary83.9%
8 Denmark83.3%
9 Slovenia82.7%
10 Switzerland81.8%
11 Czech Republic80.3%
12 Portugal80.1%
13 Latvia78.6%
14 Sweden77.5%
15 Chile77.4%
16 Israel77.0%
17 Spain76.5%
18 Philippines76.3%
19 Netherlands75.9%
20 Poland75.7%
21 Bulgaria74.1%
21 Italy74.1%
23 Norway70.2%
24 Slovakia68.5%
25 Canada67.8%
26 United Kingdom62.5%
27 New Zealand62.3%
28 Australia60.2%
29 Ireland59.1%
30 United States46.6%

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 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.019966 X +7.392
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.197
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -98543.215110 X +118388.304
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.376
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.085421 X +79.581
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.002
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.213354 X +1.798
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.058
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.209440 X +10.434
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001