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Question: Do you agree that life is only meaningful if you provide the meaning yourself?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France87.7%
2 Switzerland85.7%
3 Denmark83.6%
4 Germany83.3%
5 Japan 83.2%
6 Portugal82.1%
7 Republic of Korea82.0%
8 Latvia81.2%
9 Italy80.5%
10 Belgium79.8%
11 Czech Republic79.1%
12 Spain78.5%
13 Israel77.5%
14 Mexico77.0%
15 Sweden76.8%
16 Hungary76.6%
17 Netherlands74.6%
18 Slovenia74.5%
19 Chile73.5%
20 Turkiye71.8%
21 Poland70.9%
22 Austria70.2%
23 Norway69.1%
24 Ireland59.9%
25 Australia59.5%
25 Slovakia59.5%
27 Finland59.1%
28 New Zealand57.2%
29 United Kingdom53.3%
30 United States49.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. 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 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.326579 X +7.699
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.207
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -48944.186161 X +80379.598
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.212
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 3.332257 X +78.140
Correlation coefficient (r)0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.083977 X +1.648
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 7.349964 X +7.245
Correlation coefficient (r)0.148
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022