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Question: Do you see yourself as someone who is outgoing, sociable?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
15 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel89.3%
2 France85.9%
3 Ireland85.7%
4 Netherlands85.5%
5 Mexico82.1%
6 Switzerland81.3%
7 Belgium78.8%
8 United States77.4%
9 Denmark74.6%
10 Latvia71.8%
11 Czech Republic71.4%
12 Germany67.6%
13 New Zealand65.3%
14 Japan 39.4%
15 Republic of Korea37.3%

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 = 1.926314 X +5.394
Correlation coefficient (r)0.678
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.460

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 62762.320465 X +5441.319
Correlation coefficient (r)0.383
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -6.545002 X +85.024
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 1.947389 X +0.262
Correlation coefficient (r)0.687
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.472

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -16.912624 X +23.106
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.629
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.396