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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy35.5%
2 Sweden24.6%
3 Japan 21.0%
4 United Kingdom19.2%
5 Germany17.2%
6 Australia15.2%
7 France13.9%
8 United States11.1%
9 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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.643145 X +7.163
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.323
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -79297.698140 X +66124.195
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.562
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.316

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 9.453596 X +79.966
Correlation coefficient (r)0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.150643 X +1.745
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.506
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.256

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -21.367846 X +16.314
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.527
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.278