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Question: Do you see yourself as someone who does a thorough job?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States96.6%
2 France 96.2%
3 Germany94.8%
5 Japan67.6%

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 = 2.196792 X +4.577
Correlation coefficient (r)0.982
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.964

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 95968.953813 X -31678.931
Correlation coefficient (r)0.669
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.448

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -14.075602 X +93.574
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.712
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.507

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 1.384267 X +0.316
Correlation coefficient (r)0.838
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.702

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -4.206043 X +14.902
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046