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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States91.3%
2 Japan 84.3%
3 Italy82.7%
4 France80.8%
5 Germany78.7%
6 United Kingdom78.6%
7 Republic of Korea77.2%
8 Sweden57.2%

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 = -2.183179 X +8.405
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.424
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.180

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -11277.324186 X +56607.795
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.092
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -7.902380 X +87.981
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.357
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.278724 X +1.675
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.088
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.849895 X +18.249
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005