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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 84.0%
2 Germany83.9%
4 Japan76.4%
6 Italy71.4%
7 United Kingdom56.4%
8 United States48.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.623306 X +6.968
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.328
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -74676.066845 X +102600.644
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.652
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.425

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 8.952958 X +75.275
Correlation coefficient (r)0.573
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.328

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.278622 X +1.694
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.185
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -7.123392 X +14.306
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.285
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081