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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:
47 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Nepal70.2%
2 Ghana62.4%
3 Cambodia62.0%
4 Jordan61.4%
5 Nigeria60.9%
6 Kenya57.5%
7 Malaysia52.9%
8 Georgia51.3%
9 Philippines50.0%
10 Algeria49.3%
11 Malawi46.9%
12 South Africa44.7%
13 Thailand44.0%
14 Turkiye43.8%
15 Viet Nam41.3%
16 Suriname41.1%
17 Chile35.0%
18 Sri Lanka34.1%
19 Indonesia31.6%
20 Taiwan31.1%
21 Bulgaria30.4%
22 Slovenia29.6%
23 Croatia27.9%
24 Singapore27.4%
25 Israel27.1%
26 Mongolia26.9%
27 Russian Federation25.5%
28 Italy24.3%
29 Hungary22.4%
30 Slovakia21.7%
31 Spain19.2%
32 Lithuania17.5%
33 Republic of Korea16.4%
34 Czech Republic14.6%
35 Austria13.9%
36 Germany13.6%
36 Sweden13.6%
38 Iceland12.9%
39 United States12.8%
40 United Kingdom12.7%
41 Japan 12.4%
42 New Zealand10.9%
43 Switzerland10.2%
44 Denmark10.0%
45 France9.6%
46 Norway7.5%
47 Finland6.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 191 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -4.562711 X +7.432
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.795
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.632

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -115212.410629 X +63913.235
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.752
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.566

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -29.848683 X +84.842
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.738
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.545

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = 2.880879 X +1.114
Correlation coefficient (r)0.635
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.403

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -7.306824 X +12.451
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.238
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057