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Question: Do you agree that life does not serve any purpose?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States91.3%
2 Japan84.3%
3 Italy82.7%
4 France 80.8%
5 Germany78.7%
6 United Kingdom78.6%

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 = -0.778512 X +7.175
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 218231.375443 X -130284.925
Correlation coefficient (r)0.615
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.378

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -28.211334 X +104.890
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.582
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.339

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.354486 X +1.205
Correlation coefficient (r)0.076
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 55.682704 X -36.755
Correlation coefficient (r)0.720
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.518