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Question: To what extent do the following statements apply to you? - "When I hear or read about new ideas, I try to relate them to real life situations to which they might apply."
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 Finland65.4%
2 Sweden52.3%
3 Chile46.1%
4 Greece45.8%
5 Italy45.4%
6 United States45.1%
7 Cyprus44.9%
8 Spain44.4%
9 France43.9%
10 Canada43.6%
11 New Zealand43.5%
12 Israel41.2%
13 Denmark40.7%
13 Turkiye40.7%
15 Russian Federation40.5%
16 Belgium39.0%
17 Slovakia38.2%
18 Slovenia37.6%
19 Lithuania37.1%
20 Netherlands36.3%
21 Norway36.1%
22 Estonia34.7%
23 Poland34.3%
24 Singapore33.0%
25 Austria32.2%
26 Czech Republic31.2%
27 United Kingdom31.0%
28 Japan 29.9%
29 Ireland28.5%
30 Republic of Korea28.1%
31 Germany26.0%

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 = 1.562757 X +6.033
Correlation coefficient (r)0.218
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -30566.179800 X +56142.894
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.102
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 1.660541 X +79.558
Correlation coefficient (r)0.038
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.433588 X +1.385
Correlation coefficient (r)0.099
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -6.562038 X +12.787
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012