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Question: Do you see yourself as someone who is relaxed, handles stress well?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Dominican Republic85.7%
2 Philippines84.0%
3 Israel74.4%
4 Mexico73.3%
5 Ireland72.8%
6 Denmark70.6%
7 Taiwan68.5%
8 Switzerland67.9%
9 United States65.8%
10 New Zealand60.7%
11 Netherlands56.8%
12 Germany55.9%
13 Russian Federation54.9%
14 Latvia51.2%
15 Czech Republic49.1%
16 Japan 48.4%
17 Belgium48.3%
18 France45.3%
19 Republic of Korea37.9%

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 219 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 0.352722 X +6.421
Correlation coefficient (r)0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 5976.751869 X +40027.019
Correlation coefficient (r)0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -15.942219 X +88.386
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.409
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.167

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 2.590091 X +0.176
Correlation coefficient (r)0.716
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.513

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -27.471837 X +27.441
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.719
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.517