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Question: How would you describe yourself as a person? - I work hard to complete my daily tasks, even if I am slightly sick or when there is another legitimate reason for taking a break.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France92.9%
2 Italy88.4%
3 Republic of Korea85.7%
4 Japan 79.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: unweighted sum of Flanders and Wallony. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 6 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 5.071581 X +1.893
Correlation coefficient (r)0.819
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.671

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 32197.938877 X +10749.434
Correlation coefficient (r)0.400
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.160

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -18.758250 X +99.360
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.957
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.916

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 3.402884 X -1.633
Correlation coefficient (r)0.479
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.229

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -37.303280 X +48.386
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.234
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055