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Question: Do you agree that life is meaningful to you only because God exists?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States44.8%
2 Italy35.5%
3 Australia23.9%
4 France 21.6%
5 United Kingdom18.5%
6 Germany13.7%
7 Japan10.7%
8 Sweden9.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.451139 X +6.799
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 51533.738242 X +38739.351
Correlation coefficient (r)0.428
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.183

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -13.553499 X +84.760
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.663
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.440

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.032762 X +1.576
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.020
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.022154 X +9.942
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.001
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000