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Question: Do you agree that life is meaningful to you only because God exists?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines74.9%
2 Portugal 61.0%
3 Poland54.7%
4 Chile50.2%
5 United States44.8%
6 Ireland43.8%
7 Israel36.9%
7 Slovakia36.9%
9 Italy35.5%
10 Spain25.2%
11 Austria25.0%
12 New Zealand24.7%
13 Switzerland24.1%
14 Australia23.9%
15 Latvia22.5%
16 Cyprus21.6%
16 France21.6%
18 Slovenia20.9%
19 United Kingdom18.5%
20 Netherlands18.4%
21 Denmark15.6%
22 Hungary15.5%
23 Germany13.7%
24 Bulgaria12.6%
25 Norway12.2%
26 Russian Federation10.8%
27 Japan10.7%
28 Sweden9.7%
29 Czech Republic9.4%

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 209 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.870038 X +6.905
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.233
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -32408.174547 X +51449.007
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -4.897978 X +81.188
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.229
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.619593 X +1.437
Correlation coefficient (r)0.311
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -12.533167 X +15.489
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.431
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.186