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Question: How would you describe yourself as a person? - I perform to the best of my ability even on a task that I do not like.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
12 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland97.6%
2 Iceland97.1%
3 France94.1%
4 Hungary94.0%
5 Finland91.7%
6 Austria90.8%
7 Italy88.8%
8 Lithuania88.0%
9 Czech Republic87.7%
10 Estonia81.8%
11 Republic of Korea80.6%
12 Japan 76.9%

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

No data for 26 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 3.930161 X +3.146
Correlation coefficient (r)0.465
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.216

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 86853.960523 X -37877.974
Correlation coefficient (r)0.333
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.111

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -12.741708 X +91.543
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.292
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 2.002384 X -0.411
Correlation coefficient (r)0.515
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.265

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -26.505708 X +35.699
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.377
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.142