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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%
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 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -2.072154 X +7.179
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.979
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.958

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -79140.266234 X +78411.329
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.583
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.340

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 12.262165 X +77.222
Correlation coefficient (r)0.656
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.430

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -1.022089 X +1.866
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.654
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.428

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 7.227461 X +8.896
Correlation coefficient (r)0.390
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.152