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Question: Do you see yourself as someone who tends to be lazy?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 Japan15.8%
3 Germany13.7%
4 United States8.1%
5 France 6.3%

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 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -4.410300 X +7.012
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.627
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.393

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -235011.549053 X +79334.018
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.521
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.271

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 30.245366 X +77.756
Correlation coefficient (r)0.487
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.237

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -5.115285 X +2.106
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.985
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.970

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -8.608360 X +12.112
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020