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Question: How would you describe yourself as a person? - I perform to the best of my ability even on a task that I do not like.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 94.1%
2 Italy88.8%
3 Republic of Korea80.6%
4 Japan76.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: unweighted sum of Flanders and Wallony. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 6 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 3.253266 X +3.494
Correlation coefficient (r)0.966
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.933

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 45987.869140 X -3458.927
Correlation coefficient (r)0.795
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.632

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -11.400812 X +92.952
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.975
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.951

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 3.727083 X -1.874
Correlation coefficient (r)0.695
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.483

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -50.893073 X +55.155
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.564
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.318