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Question: To what extent do the following statements apply to you? - "I like to get to the bottom of difficult things."
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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States69.8%
2 Canada66.6%
3 United Kingdom63.7%
4 France 61.7%
5 Sweden56.9%
6 Italy56.7%
7 Germany45.6%
8 Republic of Korea20.3%
9 Japan17.3%

No data for 1 countries.

Source
OECD, Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.510688 X +5.840
Correlation coefficient (r)0.716
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.513

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 48227.534766 X +22591.170
Correlation coefficient (r)0.668
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.446

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -7.236401 X +85.543
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.591
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.349

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.091486 X +0.898
Correlation coefficient (r)0.701
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.491

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -12.468410 X +17.437
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.499
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.249