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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 France49.5%
4 Japan 44.8%
5 Republic of Korea42.0%

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 5 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 6.111298 X +3.476
Correlation coefficient (r)0.913
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.834

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 319949.503466 X -108111.360
Correlation coefficient (r)0.927
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.859

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -55.686715 X +108.432
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.905
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.819

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 6.335957 X -1.631
Correlation coefficient (r)0.820
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.672

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -48.916995 X +36.842
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.498
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.248