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Question: Do you agree that there is little that people can do to change the course of their lives?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal54.8%
2 Philippines51.6%
3 Poland45.1%
4 Chile42.8%
5 Bulgaria37.7%
6 Russian Federation37.4%
7 Italy35.5%
8 Slovenia35.3%
9 Israel34.0%
10 Slovakia30.1%
11 Hungary30.0%
12 Ireland29.9%
13 Spain26.4%
14 Cyprus25.3%
15 Sweden24.6%
16 Denmark24.2%
17 Netherlands23.0%
18 Austria22.2%
19 Czech Republic21.8%
20 Japan 21.0%
21 United Kingdom19.2%
22 Latvia19.1%
23 Germany17.2%
24 Australia15.2%
25 France13.9%
26 Switzerland13.8%
27 New Zealand11.7%
28 United States11.1%
29 Norway10.6%
30 Canada9.5%

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 = -2.262007 X +7.217
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.523
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.274

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -134303.922334 X +79169.338
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.613
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.376

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -16.656653 X +83.925
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.461
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.569085 X +1.485
Correlation coefficient (r)0.185
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -8.610711 X +11.795
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.268
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072