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Question: Do you see yourself as someone who tends to be lazy?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
15 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea23.0%
2 Latvia19.5%
3 Japan15.8%
4 Czech Republic15.6%
5 Israel15.2%
6 Germany13.7%
7 Mexico13.1%
8 Switzerland 11.8%
9 Denmark11.2%
10 Ireland9.7%
11 United States8.1%
12 New Zealand7.4%
13 Netherlands7.2%
14 France6.3%
15 Belgium4.3%

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 = -4.610041 X +7.357
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.535
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.286

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -215069.426316 X +77271.619
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.433
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -11.566974 X +81.656
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.146
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -1.828774 X +1.903
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.213
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 29.384426 X +7.215
Correlation coefficient (r)0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130