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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%
3 Republic of Korea85.7%
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 6 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 4.037212 X +2.769
Correlation coefficient (r)0.881
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.776

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 56449.944157 X -13180.677
Correlation coefficient (r)0.717
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.514

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -15.768098 X +96.897
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.992
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.984

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 3.746066 X -1.945
Correlation coefficient (r)0.514
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.264

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -39.254747 X +45.820
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.320
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102