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Question: Do you see yourself as someone who is outgoing, sociable?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 85.9%
2 United States77.4%
3 Germany67.6%
4 Japan39.4%

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 = 1.354670 X +5.613
Correlation coefficient (r)0.865
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.748

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 56585.813113 X +15303.637
Correlation coefficient (r)0.564
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.318

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -7.985247 X +86.471
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.577
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.333

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 1.121013 X +0.787
Correlation coefficient (r)0.969
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.939

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -2.059935 X +12.560
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022