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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Austria85.4%
2 Denmark84.5%
3 France84.0%
4 Germany83.9%
5 Hungary82.8%
6 Switzerland82.3%
7 Spain82.1%
8 Slovenia81.0%
9 Republic of Korea80.9%
10 Japan 76.4%
11 Sweden75.3%
12 Lithuania75.1%
13 Czech Republic74.6%
14 Chile72.6%
15 Italy71.4%
16 Israel70.5%
17 Norway69.1%
18 Turkiye66.1%
19 Iceland64.1%
20 Finland59.4%
21 United Kingdom56.4%
22 Slovakia55.7%
23 New Zealand50.5%
24 United States48.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.543209 X +7.182
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.088
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -10952.401670 X +53044.932
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 4.122995 X +77.845
Correlation coefficient (r)0.177
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.500816 X +1.949
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.157
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 12.584614 X +4.099
Correlation coefficient (r)0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059