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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - There is little that people can do to change the course of their lives.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Period:
Area:
13 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand88.8%
2 Norway83.3%
3 Finland76.7%
4 Ireland76.0%
5 Switzerland70.2%
6 Austria68.3%
7 Denmark62.3%
8 Netherlands61.4%
9 Latvia58.1%
10 Czech Republic51.0%
11 Japan 50.1%
12 Canada38.1%
13 Portugal27.7%

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 25 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data13
Regression equation
Y = 1.832105 X +5.765
Correlation coefficient (r)0.600
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.360

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data13
Regression equation
Y = 94672.498486 X -2120.438
Correlation coefficient (r)0.580
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.336

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data13
Regression equation
Y = 3.191391 X +79.253
Correlation coefficient (r)0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data13
Regression equation
Y = 0.303560 X +1.366
Correlation coefficient (r)0.357
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data13
Regression equation
Y = 2.216999 X +9.001
Correlation coefficient (r)0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027