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Question: All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole nowadays?
Choices: "Completely satisfied" "Very satisfied" "Fairly satisfied" "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied" "Fairly dissatisfied" "Very dissatisfied" "Completely dissatisfied"
Average score (as "Completely satisfied"=7 "Very satisfied"=6 "Fairly satisfied"=5 "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied"=4 "Fairly dissatisfied"=3 "Very dissatisfied"=2 "Completely dissatisfied"=1)
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States5.49
2 Sweden5.42
3 Germany5.38
4 Australia5.26
5 United Kingdom5.23
6 France 4.97
7 Japan4.71

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.096935 X +1.038
Correlation coefficient (r)0.767
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.588

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 41240.374861 X -162265.438
Correlation coefficient (r)0.793
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.629

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -5.993134 X +112.801
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.620
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.384

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.275486 X +0.179
Correlation coefficient (r)0.465
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.216

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.948039 X +5.801
Correlation coefficient (r)0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010