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Question: To what extent do the following statements apply to you? - "I like to get to the bottom of difficult things."
Choices: "Not at all" "Very little" "To some extent" "To a high extent" "To a very high extent"
Data: % of "To a high extent" "To a very high extent"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland74.8%
2 Norway72.3%
3 Chile70.1%
4 United States69.8%
5 New Zealand68.5%
6 Canada66.6%
6 Denmark66.6%
8 Ireland64.0%
9 United Kingdom63.7%
10 Spain62.7%
11 Poland62.1%
12 France61.7%
13 Slovenia57.6%
14 Cyprus57.0%
15 Slovakia56.9%
15 Sweden56.9%
17 Italy56.7%
18 Israel51.1%
19 Czech Republic50.1%
20 Austria48.9%
21 Greece47.1%
22 Germany45.6%
23 Turkiye43.8%
24 Singapore42.7%
25 Estonia42.5%
26 Lithuania40.5%
27 Russian Federation39.3%
28 Belgium36.4%
29 Netherlands36.3%
30 Republic of Korea20.3%
31 Japan 17.3%

No data for 207 countries.

Source
OECD, Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 1.693188 X +5.745
Correlation coefficient (r)0.425
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 51527.983095 X +16721.639
Correlation coefficient (r)0.308
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 1.226194 X +79.557
Correlation coefficient (r)0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.519975 X +1.278
Correlation coefficient (r)0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -11.242136 X +16.195
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.339
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.115