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Question: Thinking about yourself and how you normally feel: how often do you feel as described below? - Cheerful
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Always"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Always"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark96.7%
2 Spain95.2%
3 Portugal94.3%
4 Switzerland94.2%
5 France93.6%
6 Mexico92.5%
7 Germany92.3%
8 Colombia91.8%
8 Iceland91.8%
10 Austria91.6%
11 Costa Rica91.4%
12 Lithuania 91.0%
13 Luxembourg90.8%
14 Finland90.6%
15 Sweden89.8%
16 Latvia89.3%
17 Estonia89.0%
18 Slovakia88.9%
19 Ireland88.8%
20 Chile88.7%
20 Poland88.7%
22 Czech Republic88.3%
23 Slovenia87.0%
24 Republic of Korea86.7%
25 Canada84.9%
26 United Kingdom83.8%
27 Hungary83.1%
28 Greece82.7%
29 United States82.6%
30 Turkiye82.3%
31 Netherlands81.0%
32 Japan78.9%
33 Italy66.1%

No data for 5 countries.

Source
PISA 2018 Results (Volume III) : What School Life Means for Studentsf Lives

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 3.146412 X +3.845
Correlation coefficient (r)0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 61271.892925 X -9670.265
Correlation coefficient (r)0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -5.505198 X +84.900
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.466001 X +1.059
Correlation coefficient (r)0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 5.732254 X +4.770
Correlation coefficient (r)0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006