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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:
1 Republic of Korea23.0%
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 5 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -4.082806 X +6.980
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.785
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.616

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -166303.668956 X +68995.631
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.620
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.384

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 27.113785 X +77.852
Correlation coefficient (r)0.566
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.320

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -5.822626 X +2.215
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.970
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.941

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 51.494323 X +6.276
Correlation coefficient (r)0.674
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.454