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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:
15 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico73.7%
2 Israel68.2%
3 Czech Republic64.6%
4 Ireland56.6%
5 United States55.3%
6 Latvia51.3%
7 Germany50.4%
8 France49.5%
9 Belgium49.0%
10 New Zealand45.4%
11 Japan 44.8%
12 Republic of Korea42.0%
13 Switzerland33.6%
14 Denmark20.4%
15 Netherlands15.6%

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 = -0.591565 X +7.082
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.225
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051

Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -0.849325 X +7.206
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.304
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -65212.069833 X +86960.050
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.376
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -7.591254 X +84.932
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.425
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 1.333807 X +0.889
Correlation coefficient (r)0.477
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -4.363898 X +12.945
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.174
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030