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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - 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:
16 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand88.8%
2 Norway83.3%
3 Finland 76.7%
4 Ireland76.0%
5 Switzerland70.2%
6 Austria68.3%
7 Denmark62.3%
8 Netherlands61.4%
9 Latvia58.1%
10 Czech Republic51.0%
11 Japan50.1%
12 Russian Federation43.9%
13 Philippines39.6%
14 Canada38.1%
15 Portugal27.7%
16 Bulgaria20.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 222 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 3.062004 X +5.001
Correlation coefficient (r)0.762
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.581

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 107323.853882 X -14323.574
Correlation coefficient (r)0.714
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.510

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 12.089608 X +72.711
Correlation coefficient (r)0.558
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.311

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -0.208341 X +1.692
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.155
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 2.023957 X +11.791
Correlation coefficient (r)0.081
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007