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Question: Do you agree that life is only meaningful if you provide the meaning yourself?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Austria85.4%
2 Denmark84.5%
3 France84.0%
4 Germany83.9%
5 Hungary82.8%
6 Switzerland82.3%
7 Spain82.1%
8 Slovenia81.0%
9 Republic of Korea80.9%
10 Japan76.4%
11 Sweden 75.3%
12 Lithuania75.1%
13 Czech Republic74.6%
14 Chile72.6%
15 Italy71.4%
16 Israel70.5%
17 Norway69.1%
18 Turkiye66.1%
19 Iceland64.1%
20 Finland59.4%
21 United Kingdom56.4%
22 Slovakia55.7%
23 New Zealand50.5%
24 United States48.4%

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 = -0.419993 X +7.032
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -21633.213370 X +61132.601
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 6.869524 X +75.599
Correlation coefficient (r)0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.556951 X +2.007
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.755749 X +9.047
Correlation coefficient (r)0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002