Tweet
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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States46.0%
2 Italy40.7%
3 United Kingdom24.2%
4 France 19.9%
5 Republic of Korea19.4%
6 Australia18.4%
7 Germany18.1%
8 Japan11.3%
9 Sweden8.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.542274 X +6.752
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.158
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 35696.104600 X +40045.973
Correlation coefficient (r)0.295
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.087

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -13.665083 X +85.075
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.702
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.493

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.046710 X +1.495
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.019
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -7.716963 X +12.958
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.198
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039