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Question: Do you see yourself as someone who is relaxed, handles stress well?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States65.8%
2 Germany55.9%
3 Japan48.4%
4 France 45.3%

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 = 1.842901 X +5.536
Correlation coefficient (r)0.531
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.282

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 202570.553621 X -55542.743
Correlation coefficient (r)0.911
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.830

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -28.119371 X +96.217
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.917
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.841

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 0.311437 X +1.377
Correlation coefficient (r)0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 16.465514 X +2.301
Correlation coefficient (r)0.542
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.294