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Question: Do you see yourself as someone who does a thorough job?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States96.6%
2 France 96.2%
3 Germany94.8%
4 Republic of Korea68.4%
5 Japan67.6%

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 5 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 2.235417 X +4.540
Correlation coefficient (r)0.988
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.976

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 83081.120552 X -23642.125
Correlation coefficient (r)0.712
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.507

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -15.089168 X +94.264
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.725
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.526

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 2.267786 X -0.485
Correlation coefficient (r)0.869
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.755

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -20.167458 X +30.252
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.608
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.370