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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:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France85.9%
2 United States77.4%
3 Germany67.6%
4 Japan 39.4%
5 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 5 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 2.003756 X +5.302
Correlation coefficient (r)0.856
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.733

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 40249.348279 X +23042.601
Correlation coefficient (r)0.665
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.442

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -8.567194 X +86.951
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.675
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.456

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.529804 X +0.495
Correlation coefficient (r)0.897
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.805

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -18.588690 X +28.656
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.630
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.397