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Question: To what extent do the following statements apply to you? - "If I don't understand something, I look for additional information to make it clearer."
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 Finland85.2%
2 Spain81.5%
3 France79.5%
3 United States79.5%
5 Sweden79.4%
6 Canada78.0%
7 Cyprus76.6%
7 Czech Republic76.6%
9 Chile76.2%
10 Italy75.9%
10 New Zealand75.9%
12 Germany75.5%
13 Austria74.8%
14 Norway74.5%
15 Israel74.3%
16 Denmark73.7%
17 Ireland73.1%
18 United Kingdom72.6%
19 Greece71.6%
20 Estonia70.7%
21 Lithuania70.2%
22 Poland69.8%
22 Slovenia69.8%
24 Netherlands68.8%
25 Slovakia67.2%
26 Belgium66.9%
27 Singapore66.3%
28 Russian Federation55.9%
29 Turkiye55.0%
30 Japan 48.8%
31 Republic of Korea40.5%

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 = 3.506944 X +4.153
Correlation coefficient (r)0.584
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.341

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 72018.303022 X -7063.499
Correlation coefficient (r)0.286
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 5.951536 X +75.978
Correlation coefficient (r)0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 1.024024 X +0.827
Correlation coefficient (r)0.279
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -19.138297 X +23.820
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.383
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147