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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 "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
44 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Tanzania84.1%
2 Dominican Republic55.3%
3 Turkiye52.4%
4 Philippines47.6%
5 Indonesia43.3%
6 South Africa41.4%
7 Sri Lanka40.2%
8 Kenya38.7%
8 Ukraine38.7%
10 Italy38.3%
11 Chile36.5%
12 Portugal36.2%
13 Mexico35.5%
14 Poland34.4%
15 Russian Federation30.6%
16 Israel29.7%
17 Uruguay29.5%
18 Slovenia28.1%
19 Croatia27.8%
20 Venezuela27.4%
21 Taiwan27.2%
22 Slovakia26.4%
23 Hungary24.3%
24 Spain21.1%
25 Belgium21.0%
25 Ireland21.0%
27 Czech Republic19.3%
27 Germany19.3%
29 United Kingdom19.1%
30 Cyprus18.2%
31 Austria18.0%
32 Sweden17.2%
33 Republic of Korea16.8%
34 Switzerland15.7%
35 Japan 15.2%
36 Denmark14.9%
37 Latvia14.4%
38 Netherlands13.5%
39 France12.6%
40 Australia11.7%
41 United States11.4%
42 Finland11.0%
43 New Zealand9.8%
44 Norway8.5%

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 194 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = -4.486602 X +7.523
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.748
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.560

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = -122767.096192 X +67735.465
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.675
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.456

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -27.004103 X +84.674
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.657
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.432

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 2.893085 X +1.000
Correlation coefficient (r)0.661
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.437

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -7.582974 X +12.252
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048