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Question: Do you see yourself as someone who gets nervous easily?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
15 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 53.2%
2 Republic of Korea47.3%
3 Mexico35.2%
4 Latvia32.7%
5 France27.1%
6 United States26.3%
7 Israel25.7%
8 Czech Republic25.6%
9 Switzerland24.9%
10 Ireland23.6%
11 Belgium23.3%
12 New Zealand21.9%
13 Germany19.1%
14 Denmark16.5%
15 Netherlands12.0%

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 23 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -3.449768 X +7.751
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.839
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.704

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -109886.491453 X +81548.841
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.463
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.214

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -0.562556 X +80.409
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -1.638667 X +2.134
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.400
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.160

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 19.105490 X +5.500
Correlation coefficient (r)0.491
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.241