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Question: Do you agree that there is little that people can do to change the course of their lives?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States80.0%
2 Germany76.9%
3 France 76.4%
4 United Kingdom74.8%
5 Republic of Korea69.8%
6 Sweden68.9%
7 Japan65.9%
8 Italy57.6%

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 = 2.172860 X +5.025
Correlation coefficient (r)0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 130664.754251 X -46965.762
Correlation coefficient (r)0.645
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.416

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -23.730731 X +98.680
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.680
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.462

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.393706 X -0.249
Correlation coefficient (r)0.536
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.287

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 16.240330 X -0.401
Correlation coefficient (r)0.227
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052