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Question: Do you agree that life is meaningful to you only because God exists?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal61.0%
2 Poland54.7%
3 Chile50.2%
4 United States44.8%
5 Ireland43.8%
6 Israel36.9%
6 Slovakia36.9%
8 Italy35.5%
9 Spain25.2%
10 Austria 25.0%
11 New Zealand24.7%
12 Switzerland24.1%
13 Australia23.9%
14 Latvia22.5%
15 France21.6%
16 Slovenia20.9%
17 United Kingdom18.5%
18 Netherlands18.4%
19 Denmark15.6%
20 Hungary15.5%
21 Germany13.7%
22 Norway12.2%
23 Japan10.7%
24 Sweden9.7%
25 Czech Republic9.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -1.107465 X +7.031
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.357
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -29579.244920 X +55555.929
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -5.451838 X +81.933
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.058246 X +1.636
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -4.897787 X +10.976
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062