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Question: Do you agree that life does not serve any purpose?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States91.3%
2 Slovenia89.4%
3 Hungary87.8%
4 Czech Republic87.4%
5 Finland85.4%
6 Spain85.2%
7 Japan84.3%
8 Italy82.7%
9 New Zealand82.3%
10 Iceland81.5%
11 France80.8%
12 Austria 78.9%
13 Germany78.7%
14 United Kingdom78.6%
15 Republic of Korea77.2%
16 Norway76.2%
17 Lithuania75.8%
18 Chile71.3%
19 Turkiye69.0%
20 Israel67.0%
21 Switzerland65.4%
22 Denmark64.2%
23 Sweden57.2%
24 Slovakia41.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.127664 X +6.826
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -7150.586924 X +50996.752
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.033
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.799108 X +78.413
Correlation coefficient (r)0.099
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.750138 X +2.180
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.224
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 7.448073 X +4.606
Correlation coefficient (r)0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037