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Question: In general, would you say your health is...?
Choices: "Excellent" "Very good" "Good" "Fair" "Poor"
Average score (as "Excellent"=5 "Very good"=4 "Good"=3 "Fair"=2 "Poor"=1)
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel3.70
2 New Zealand3.61
2 Switzerland3.61
4 Hungary3.57
5 Sweden 3.53
6 Slovakia3.52
7 Austria3.51
8 United States3.43
9 Australia3.40
9 Denmark3.40
11 Iceland3.37
12 Mexico3.29
13 Slovenia3.22
14 Czech Republic3.21
14 Spain3.21
16 United Kingdom3.20
17 Finland3.17
18 France3.12
19 Germany3.11
20 Lithuania2.80
21 Japan2.37

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.528728 X +5.121
Correlation coefficient (r)0.343
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 24710.705364 X -35397.020
Correlation coefficient (r)0.350
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.403187 X +81.451
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.537015 X -0.107
Correlation coefficient (r)0.464
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.215

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -3.852623 X +23.119
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.330
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.109