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Question: To what extent do the following statements apply to you? - "I like to figure out how different ideas fit together."
Choices: "Not at all" "Very little" "To some extent" "To a high extent" "To a very high extent"
Data: % of "To a high extent" "To a very high extent"
Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile63.9%
2 United States61.5%
3 New Zealand59.2%
4 Finland59.1%
5 Italy59.0%
6 Canada58.7%
6 Denmark58.7%
8 Israel57.1%
9 France56.8%
10 Slovakia56.0%
11 Sweden55.2%
12 Poland54.2%
13 Ireland52.4%
14 United Kingdom51.6%
15 Slovenia48.3%
16 Norway48.2%
17 Austria48.0%
18 Spain47.6%
19 Czech Republic47.4%
20 Germany46.1%
21 Greece43.8%
22 Estonia43.0%
23 Turkiye41.5%
24 Lithuania38.2%
25 Belgium33.6%
26 Netherlands32.2%
27 Republic of Korea21.0%
28 Japan 17.0%

No data for 10 countries.

Source
OECD, Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 1.678259 X +5.887
Correlation coefficient (r)0.345
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.119

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 37124.346874 X +26213.813
Correlation coefficient (r)0.184
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -3.557700 X +82.174
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 1.102000 X +1.046
Correlation coefficient (r)0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -13.822066 X +16.786
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.373
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.139