Later in the interviews, participants were asked whether they felt that had control over their lives or whether they believed that events are determined by fate. Most (62%) of the participants answered that events were determined by fate. While many others (27%) answered that they had control over their lives, they illustrated by their answers to other questions (including examples given above) that they did hold fatalistic beliefs and they acted in a manner consistent with fatalism. The remaining group (11%) answered that they were indeed in control over their lives, and supported this view in their
answers to other questions.