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Question: To what extent is the following statement true or untrue for you? - It is easy for me to accomplish my goals.
Choices: "Completely true" "Mostly true" "Somewhat true" "Neither true, nor untrue" "Somewhat untrue" "Mostly untrue" "Completely untrue"
Data: % of "Completely true" "Mostly true" "Somewhat true"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland83.3%
2 United States82.5%
3 Sweden81.5%
4 Philippines80.2%
5 India79.5%
6 Germany79.3%
7 Iceland76.4%
8 Austria76.3%
9 Denmark76.1%
10 New Zealand75.9%
11 Australia72.8%
12 Croatia67.9%
13 Finland66.8%
13 Mexico66.8%
15 United Kingdom66.2%
16 Spain63.7%
17 Slovakia62.6%
18 Hungary62.2%
19 Slovenia59.1%
20 Taiwan55.6%
21 Israel54.6%
22 France54.1%
23 China52.2%
24 Thailand51.0%
25 Suriname50.3%
26 Russian Federation49.6%
27 South Africa49.0%
28 Lithuania48.6%
29 Czech Republic46.6%
30 Japan 19.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 1.186680 X +5.788
Correlation coefficient (r)0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 77708.937586 X -13629.753
Correlation coefficient (r)0.464
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.215

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 4.554774 X +74.822
Correlation coefficient (r)0.115
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.270718 X +1.554
Correlation coefficient (r)0.095
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -11.660593 X +18.847
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099