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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:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovakia21.2%
2 Portugal13.1%
3 Sweden11.5%
4 Chile11.3%
5 Denmark10.6%
6 Poland9.8%
7 Israel9.2%
8 Spain8.5%
9 Germany7.1%
10 France6.9%
11 Austria6.8%
12 United Kingdom6.3%
13 Italy6.1%
14 Australia5.1%
14 Netherlands5.1%
16 Norway5.0%
17 Ireland4.4%
18 Canada4.3%
19 Latvia3.9%
20 New Zealand3.8%
20 Slovenia3.8%
22 Switzerland3.6%
23 Hungary3.3%
24 United States3.2%
25 Czech Republic3.0%
26 Japan 2.8%

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 = -1.246587 X +6.824
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -190533.906025 X +61021.017
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.308
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -14.261178 X +81.528
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.476212 X +1.580
Correlation coefficient (r)0.061
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -24.850947 X +11.397
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.370
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.137