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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
3 Germany5.38
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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.795064 X +2.473
Correlation coefficient (r)0.863
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.745

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 47603.314035 X -192789.687
Correlation coefficient (r)0.852
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.726

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -6.861150 X +116.656
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.881
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.776

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.264773 X +0.185
Correlation coefficient (r)0.413
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -0.114793 X +10.902
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.012
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000