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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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia92.9%
2 United States92.2%
3 Czech Republic89.5%
4 New Zealand87.8%
5 Australia87.6%
6 Latvia87.2%
7 Japan87.1%
8 Finland86.2%
9 Ireland85.9%
10 Spain84.9%
11 Hungary83.4%
12 Poland83.1%
13 United Kingdom83.0%
14 France82.1%
15 Austria81.6%
16 Portugal81.5%
17 Switzerland81.4%
18 Norway81.3%
19 Netherlands80.9%
20 Republic of Korea80.8%
21 Germany80.2%
22 Italy79.2%
23 Denmark77.0%
24 Chile76.4%
25 Mexico73.9%
26 Belgium73.3%
27 Israel70.6%
28 Turkiye67.9%
29 Sweden 63.7%
30 Slovakia58.3%

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 = 0.804413 X +6.039
Correlation coefficient (r)0.112
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 58196.214024 X -2152.438
Correlation coefficient (r)0.179
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 6.985384 X +74.530
Correlation coefficient (r)0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.190498 X +2.564
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.275
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 16.374601 X -3.298
Correlation coefficient (r)0.337
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114