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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:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan48.2%
2 Dominican Republic47.9%
3 Mexico40.9%
4 Ireland40.7%
5 Latvia39.6%
6 Russian Federation37.3%
7 Israel36.8%
8 United States 33.5%
9 Philippines32.2%
10 New Zealand31.7%
11 Japan30.7%
12 Germany30.6%
13 France28.0%
14 Switzerland26.8%
15 Republic of Korea24.7%
16 Belgium23.1%
17 Denmark22.6%
18 Czech Republic19.4%
19 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 219 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -2.683595 X +7.505
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.449
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.202

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -94818.370219 X +76138.678
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.289
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -25.208389 X +87.421
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.500
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.250

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 2.492068 X +0.910
Correlation coefficient (r)0.405
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.164

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -9.802008 X +13.684
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023