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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States82.5%
2 Sweden81.5%
3 Germany79.3%
4 Australia72.8%
5 United Kingdom66.2%
6 France 54.1%
7 Japan19.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.447693 X +5.810
Correlation coefficient (r)0.827
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.684

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 48067.403666 X +21266.721
Correlation coefficient (r)0.755
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.570

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -6.513005 X +85.823
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.550
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.303

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.452533 X +1.320
Correlation coefficient (r)0.624
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.389

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.007254 X +10.743
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.001
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000