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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 States44.7%
2 Italy24.2%
3 France 17.4%
4 Republic of Korea16.8%
5 United Kingdom14.3%
6 Germany12.6%
7 Japan8.4%
8 Sweden6.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.243533 X +6.618
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 71851.876457 X +33194.648
Correlation coefficient (r)0.591
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.349

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -17.084739 X +84.851
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.815
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.664

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.256732 X +1.411
Correlation coefficient (r)0.096
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 4.165267 X +10.423
Correlation coefficient (r)0.097
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009