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Question: Please tell me whether you completely agree, mostly agree, mostly disagree or completely disagree with the following statements. How about "Success in life is pretty much determined by forces outside our control"?
Choices: "Completely agree" "Mostly agree" "Mostly disagree" "Completely disagree"
Data: % of "Completely agree" "Mostly agree"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea78.1%
2 Japan59.0%
3 Germany56.1%
4 France53.1%
5 Italy50.9%
6 United Kingdom43.6%
7 Australia41.3%
8 Sweden 38.3%
9 Canada31.8%
10 United States29.0%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes Survey" Spring 2019.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -2.110337 X +7.670
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.744
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.554

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -79752.038586 X +87307.281
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.806
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.650

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 7.881903 X +78.207
Correlation coefficient (r)0.499
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.249

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -1.388229 X +2.147
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.681
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.464

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 11.429965 X +5.600
Correlation coefficient (r)0.362
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.131