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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States44.7%
2 Italy24.2%
3 France17.4%
4 Republic of Korea16.8%
5 United Kingdom14.3%
6 Germany12.6%
7 Japan 8.4%
8 Sweden6.2%

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 = 0.239343 X +6.640
Correlation coefficient (r)0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 42454.274896 X +40042.015
Correlation coefficient (r)0.426
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -14.109322 X +84.300
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.787
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.619

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.195749 X +1.420
Correlation coefficient (r)0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.405418 X +14.352
Correlation coefficient (r)0.007
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000