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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 "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy38.3%
2 Germany19.3%
3 United Kingdom19.1%
6 Japan15.2%
7 France12.6%
9 United States11.4%

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 = -0.845247 X +6.694
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.298
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -77987.780370 X +65329.806
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.455
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.207

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 9.053932 X +79.801
Correlation coefficient (r)0.387
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.150

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.495591 X +1.787
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.666
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.444

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -30.816417 X +15.266
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.826
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.682