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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%
5 Republic of Korea37.9%

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 = 2.339155 X +5.249
Correlation coefficient (r)0.721
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.520

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 153122.819479 X -30827.820
Correlation coefficient (r)0.915
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.837

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -26.081106 X +94.693
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.873
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.762

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 2.278507 X +0.282
Correlation coefficient (r)0.608
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.370

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -19.052659 X +22.818
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.400
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.160