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Question: Do you see yourself as someone who is reserved?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States55.3%
2 Germany50.4%
3 France 49.5%
4 Japan44.8%

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 = 6.326251 X +3.365
Correlation coefficient (r)0.860
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.740

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 459036.190133 X -175976.595
Correlation coefficient (r)0.973
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.947

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -63.737847 X +112.944
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.981
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.962

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 3.579402 X -0.245
Correlation coefficient (r)0.659
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.434

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 21.134318 X +0.600
Correlation coefficient (r)0.328
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108