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Question: To what extent do the following statements apply to you? - "When I come across something new, I try to relate it to what I already know."
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 Finland83.8%
2 Norway70.5%
3 Chile69.6%
4 Denmark69.2%
5 Italy67.9%
6 United States67.7%
7 Sweden67.5%
8 Canada67.1%
9 Israel66.1%
10 New Zealand64.0%
11 Spain63.8%
12 Slovenia62.0%
13 Netherlands61.6%
14 Lithuania60.3%
15 Greece59.5%
16 Czech Republic59.4%
17 Cyprus58.6%
17 Slovakia58.6%
19 Estonia57.8%
20 Belgium57.1%
20 Poland57.1%
22 Turkiye55.2%
23 Ireland53.9%
24 Russian Federation53.2%
25 United Kingdom52.3%
26 Austria51.0%
27 France50.7%
28 Germany50.3%
29 Singapore47.7%
30 Republic of Korea31.4%
31 Japan 30.2%

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 = 2.832741 X +4.979
Correlation coefficient (r)0.526
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.277

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 38244.419750 X +21630.068
Correlation coefficient (r)0.169
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -1.631481 X +81.170
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 1.046362 X +0.939
Correlation coefficient (r)0.318
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.101

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -10.361643 X +16.312
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.231
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053