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Question: How would you describe yourself as a person? - I work hard to complete my daily tasks, even if I am slightly sick or when there is another legitimate reason for taking a break.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 92.9%
2 Italy88.4%
4 Japan79.2%

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 4 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 3.839155 X +2.997
Correlation coefficient (r)0.976
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.953

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 83120.172261 X -32798.350
Correlation coefficient (r)0.941
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.885

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = -12.963976 X +94.290
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.998
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.996

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 3.264748 X -1.405
Correlation coefficient (r)0.731
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.534

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = -28.817759 X +33.763
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.499
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.249