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Question: Do you see yourself as someone who has few artistic interests?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
15 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico40.9%
2 Ireland40.7%
3 Latvia39.6%
4 Israel36.8%
5 United States33.5%
6 New Zealand31.7%
7 Japan 30.7%
8 Germany30.6%
9 France28.0%
10 Switzerland26.8%
11 Republic of Korea24.7%
12 Belgium23.1%
13 Denmark22.6%
14 Czech Republic19.4%
15 Netherlands18.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 23 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -1.577538 X +7.269
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.263
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -15088.415750 X +58095.862
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.042
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -15.048317 X +85.306
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.371
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 2.244452 X +0.934
Correlation coefficient (r)0.383
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -9.467266 X +13.604
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.167
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028