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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:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal54.8%
2 Poland45.1%
3 Chile42.8%
4 Italy35.5%
5 Slovenia35.3%
6 Israel34.0%
7 Slovakia30.1%
8 Hungary30.0%
9 Ireland29.9%
10 Spain26.4%
11 Sweden 24.6%
12 Denmark24.2%
13 Netherlands23.0%
14 Austria22.2%
15 Czech Republic21.8%
16 Japan21.0%
17 United Kingdom19.2%
18 Latvia19.1%
19 Germany17.2%
20 Australia15.2%
21 France13.9%
22 Switzerland13.8%
23 New Zealand11.7%
24 United States11.1%
25 Norway10.6%
26 Canada9.5%

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 = -1.670811 X +7.151
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.432
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -118095.275551 X +77012.641
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.527
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.278

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -6.186102 X +82.070
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.222
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.087228 X +1.635
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -8.776418 X +11.846
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.360
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130