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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden11.5%
2 Germany7.1%
3 France6.9%
4 United Kingdom6.3%
5 Italy6.1%
6 Australia5.1%
7 Canada4.3%
8 United States3.2%
9 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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 8.593846 X +6.349
Correlation coefficient (r)0.554
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.307

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 27062.132851 X +49789.765
Correlation coefficient (r)0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 9.142259 X +81.181
Correlation coefficient (r)0.118
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.665243 X +1.373
Correlation coefficient (r)0.385
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.148

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -12.697695 X +13.096
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.103
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011