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Question: How much do you agree with the following statements about yourself? - If I am not good at something, I would rather keep struggling to master it than move on to something I may be good at.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico81.4%
2 Colombia80.5%
3 Portugal78.0%
4 Republic of Korea76.5%
5 Chile75.4%
6 Greece75.2%
7 Costa Rica73.4%
8 Italy71.5%
9 Spain68.5%
10 Slovenia67.3%
11 Estonia67.1%
12 Iceland67.0%
13 Lithuania66.5%
14 United States66.0%
15 Latvia65.7%
16 Poland65.5%
17 Slovakia64.4%
18 Hungary64.0%
19 Norway63.7%
20 Israel63.2%
21 Canada63.0%
22 France62.4%
23 Denmark61.4%
24 Switzerland60.7%
25 Austria60.6%
26 Australia60.3%
27 Sweden60.1%
28 New Zealand60.0%
29 Luxembourg59.7%
30 Czech Republic57.2%
31 Finland56.1%
32 Ireland55.9%
33 Germany55.3%
34 United Kingdom52.8%
35 Turkiye52.2%
36 Japan 51.8%
37 Netherlands47.4%
38 Belgium32.2%

Note
The data of Azerbaijan are collected only in Baku. The data of China are collected only in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -1.723673 X +7.778
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -114726.561539 X +119323.590
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.393
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -11.363085 X +87.590
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.380
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -0.302387 X +1.708
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.095
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -6.297244 X +13.853
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.147
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022