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Question: Do you see yourself as someone who gets nervous easily?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan53.2%
2 Republic of Korea47.3%
3 France 27.1%
4 United States26.3%
5 Germany19.1%

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 = -2.277789 X +7.222
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.973
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.947

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -76273.938852 X +73134.983
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.632
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.399

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 14.416025 X +76.492
Correlation coefficient (r)0.670
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.449

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -2.008388 X +2.131
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.744
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.554

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 20.100270 X +6.211
Correlation coefficient (r)0.585
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.342