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Question: To what extent do the following statements apply to you? - "I like to get to the bottom of difficult things."
Choices: "Not at all" "Very little" "To some extent" "To a high extent" "To a very high extent"
Data: % of "To a high extent" "To a very high extent"
Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland74.8%
2 Norway72.3%
3 Chile70.1%
4 United States69.8%
5 New Zealand68.5%
6 Canada66.6%
6 Denmark 66.6%
8 Ireland64.0%
9 United Kingdom63.7%
10 Spain62.7%
11 Poland62.1%
12 France61.7%
13 Slovenia57.6%
14 Slovakia56.9%
14 Sweden56.9%
16 Italy56.7%
17 Israel51.1%
18 Czech Republic50.1%
19 Austria48.9%
20 Greece47.1%
21 Germany45.6%
22 Turkiye43.8%
23 Estonia42.5%
24 Lithuania40.5%
25 Belgium36.4%
26 Netherlands36.3%
27 Republic of Korea20.3%
28 Japan17.3%

No data for 10 countries.

Source
OECD, Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 1.581817 X +5.849
Correlation coefficient (r)0.411
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.169

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 49626.149429 X +19066.447
Correlation coefficient (r)0.338
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -0.623663 X +81.219
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.042
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 0.476914 X +1.252
Correlation coefficient (r)0.204
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -8.805195 X +14.827
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.301
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091