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Question: Do you agree that 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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway83.6%
2 New Zealand83.2%
3 United States82.9%
4 Australia80.5%
5 Finland77.7%
6 Denmark76.4%
7 Switzerland74.0%
8 Netherlands72.5%
9 France70.6%
10 United Kingdom69.9%
11 Republic of Korea69.5%
12 Latvia69.1%
13 Germany69.0%
14 Ireland66.9%
15 Spain66.6%
16 Sweden64.8%
17 Japan 64.3%
18 Czech Republic62.4%
19 Austria57.9%
20 Belgium57.4%
21 Slovenia54.7%
22 Israel51.5%
23 Mexico49.9%
24 Slovakia48.5%
25 Chile47.5%
25 Poland47.5%
27 Hungary47.0%
28 Portugal46.3%
29 Italy36.1%
30 Turkiye29.2%

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 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 2.567567 X +5.081
Correlation coefficient (r)0.642
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.412

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 120760.880919 X -30762.193
Correlation coefficient (r)0.669
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.448

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 10.313465 X +73.713
Correlation coefficient (r)0.402
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.244846 X +1.756
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.102
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 12.296603 X +2.220
Correlation coefficient (r)0.455
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.207