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Question: Do you agree that life is only meaningful if you provide the meaning yourself?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 90.4%
2 Germany85.9%
3 Japan85.6%
4 Sweden77.5%
5 Italy74.1%
6 Canada67.8%
7 United Kingdom62.5%
8 Australia60.2%
9 United States46.6%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.825904 X +7.318
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.313
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.098

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -73099.138666 X +103607.888
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.749
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.561

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 10.399314 X +74.316
Correlation coefficient (r)0.628
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.394

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.119583 X +1.640
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -6.083086 X +14.380
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.280
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078