The majority of Japanese respondents, about 49 percent, stated that a meaningful life contributes to some extend to their personal happiness, according to a survey conducted in June 2019 by Ipsos on happiness. Among 28 countries surveyed, Japan showed the lowest share of respondents claiming to gain happiness from having a purpose in life.
Opinion on feeling that life is having a meaning as source of personal happiness among people in Japan as of June 2019
Original question: "Feeling that my life has meaning: Does or could give me greatest happiness, does or could give me some happiness, doesn't or couldn't make me happy or happier, does not apply to me."
Figures may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding by the source.
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Ipsos. (August 26, 2019). Opinion on feeling that life is having a meaning as source of personal happiness among people in Japan as of June 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1064497/japan-opinion-life-purpose-happiness-level/
Ipsos. "Opinion on feeling that life is having a meaning as source of personal happiness among people in Japan as of June 2019." Chart. August 26, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1064497/japan-opinion-life-purpose-happiness-level/
Ipsos. (2019). Opinion on feeling that life is having a meaning as source of personal happiness among people in Japan as of June 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1064497/japan-opinion-life-purpose-happiness-level/
Ipsos. "Opinion on Feeling That Life Is Having a Meaning as Source of Personal Happiness among People in Japan as of June 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Aug 2019, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1064497/japan-opinion-life-purpose-happiness-level/
Ipsos, Opinion on feeling that life is having a meaning as source of personal happiness among people in Japan as of June 2019 Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1064497/japan-opinion-life-purpose-happiness-level/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Opinion on feeling that life is having a meaning as source of personal happiness among people in Japan as of June 2019 [Graph], Ipsos, August 26, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1064497/japan-opinion-life-purpose-happiness-level/
