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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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovakia21.2%
2 Russian Federation14.8%
3 Philippines13.2%
4 Portugal 13.1%
5 Sweden11.5%
6 Chile11.3%
7 Denmark10.6%
8 Poland9.8%
9 Israel9.2%
10 Spain8.5%
11 Germany7.1%
12 France6.9%
13 Austria6.8%
14 United Kingdom6.3%
15 Cyprus6.1%
15 Italy6.1%
17 Australia5.1%
17 Netherlands5.1%
19 Norway5.0%
20 Bulgaria4.4%
20 Ireland4.4%
22 Canada4.3%
23 Latvia3.9%
24 New Zealand3.8%
24 Slovenia3.8%
26 Switzerland3.6%
27 Hungary3.3%
28 United States3.2%
29 Czech Republic3.0%
30 Japan2.8%

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 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -3.737242 X +6.951
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -216960.420040 X +58658.855
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.375
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -26.597738 X +81.841
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.324
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.105

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 1.522757 X +1.489
Correlation coefficient (r)0.198
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -11.970136 X +12.914
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.108
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012