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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - There is little that people can do to change the course of their lives.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Period:
Area:
13 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand88.8%
2 Norway83.3%
3 Finland76.7%
4 Ireland76.0%
5 Switzerland70.2%
6 Austria68.3%
7 Denmark62.3%
8 Netherlands61.4%
9 Latvia58.1%
10 Czech Republic51.0%
11 Japan 50.1%
12 Canada38.1%
13 Portugal27.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. 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 25 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data13
Regression equation
Y = 2.139337 X +5.689
Correlation coefficient (r)0.630
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.397

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data13
Regression equation
Y = 86545.777521 X +1815.099
Correlation coefficient (r)0.589
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.347

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data13
Regression equation
Y = 3.192779 X +79.375
Correlation coefficient (r)0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data13
Regression equation
Y = 0.186159 X +1.392
Correlation coefficient (r)0.272
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.074

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data13
Regression equation
Y = -1.002217 X +13.718
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004