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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 France87.7%
2 Germany83.3%
3 Japan83.2%
5 Italy80.5%
8 United Kingdom53.3%
9 United States49.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.845157 X +7.147
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.514
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.264

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -70837.172000 X +101858.240
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.714
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.510

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 8.620062 X +75.272
Correlation coefficient (r)0.637
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.406

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.415355 X +1.801
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -6.229541 X +13.851
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.288
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.083