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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:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States5.49
2 Germany5.38
3 United Kingdom5.23
4 France 4.97
5 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 = 0.884638 X +2.060
Correlation coefficient (r)0.941
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.885

Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.719954 X +2.877
Correlation coefficient (r)0.894
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.799

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 = 55329.182472 X -230575.265
Correlation coefficient (r)0.886
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.785

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -6.630565 X +115.587
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.966
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.933

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.309243 X -0.108
Correlation coefficient (r)0.515
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.265

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -3.828958 X +31.280
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.402
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162