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Question: To what extent is the following statement true or untrue for you? - It is easy for me to accomplish my goals.
Choices: "Completely true" "Mostly true" "Somewhat true" "Neither true, nor untrue" "Somewhat untrue" "Mostly untrue" "Completely untrue"
Data: % of "Completely true" "Mostly true" "Somewhat true"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States82.5%
3 Germany79.3%
5 United Kingdom66.2%
6 France 54.1%
7 Japan19.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.069235 X +5.929
Correlation coefficient (r)0.941
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.885

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 54824.643300 X +19637.600
Correlation coefficient (r)0.795
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.632

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -7.990054 X +86.092
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.832
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.692

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.439123 X +1.286
Correlation coefficient (r)0.555
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.308

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.571514 X +11.256
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.131
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017