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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:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Austria 91.1%
2 France90.4%
3 Germany85.9%
4 Japan85.6%
5 Hungary83.9%
6 Denmark83.3%
7 Slovenia82.7%
8 Switzerland81.8%
9 Czech Republic80.3%
10 Portugal80.1%
11 Latvia78.6%
12 Sweden77.5%
13 Chile77.4%
14 Israel77.0%
15 Spain76.5%
16 Netherlands75.9%
17 Poland75.7%
18 Italy74.1%
19 Norway70.2%
20 Slovakia68.5%
21 Canada67.8%
22 United Kingdom62.5%
23 New Zealand62.3%
24 Australia60.2%
25 Ireland59.1%
26 United States46.6%

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 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.623694 X +7.207
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.148
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -91264.275641 X +116475.907
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.373
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.139

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 2.508289 X +78.656
Correlation coefficient (r)0.082
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.098154 X +1.687
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -2.341846 X +11.440
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.088
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008