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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France84.0%
2 Germany83.9%
3 Republic of Korea80.9%
4 Japan 76.4%
5 Sweden75.3%
6 Italy71.4%
7 United Kingdom56.4%
8 United States48.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.155616 X +7.516
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.299
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -50287.839331 X +83966.871
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.545
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.297

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 11.926599 X +73.152
Correlation coefficient (r)0.718
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.516

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.483863 X +1.804
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.204
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 13.801460 X +4.476
Correlation coefficient (r)0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073