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Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland58.7%
2 Denmark58.0%
3 Norway44.2%
4 Canada35.3%
5 New Zealand27.2%
6 Australia25.2%
7 Slovenia24.8%
8 United States24.3%
9 United Kingdom23.4%
10 Austria22.8%
11 Switzerland21.6%
12 Germany19.7%
13 France18.9%
14 Italy16.9%
15 Israel15.4%
16 Czech Republic14.6%
17 Japan 14.4%
18 Hungary11.3%
19 Latvia10.7%
20 Poland9.3%
21 Chile7.8%
22 Spain7.1%

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 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 2.448315 X +6.193
Correlation coefficient (r)0.816
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.666

Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 2.609992 X +6.172
Correlation coefficient (r)0.815
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.664

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 86297.393631 X +29819.752
Correlation coefficient (r)0.546
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.298

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 3.593114 X +80.614
Correlation coefficient (r)0.222
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.023775 X +1.455
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 2.594432 X +9.430
Correlation coefficient (r)0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017