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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%
4 Republic of Korea82.0%
5 Italy80.5%
6 Sweden 76.8%
7 Australia59.5%
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 data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.179244 X +7.486
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.404
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.163

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -74818.492771 X +102728.287
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.727
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.529

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 10.810577 X +74.062
Correlation coefficient (r)0.653
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.426

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.670123 X +1.972
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.313
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.098

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.299755 X +10.966
Correlation coefficient (r)0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000