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Question: To what extent is the following statement true or untrue for you? - It is easy for me to accomplish my goals.
Choices: "Completely true" "Mostly true" "Somewhat true" "Neither true, nor untrue" "Somewhat untrue" "Mostly untrue" "Completely untrue"
Data: % of "Completely true" "Mostly true" "Somewhat true"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States82.5%
2 Sweden81.5%
3 Germany79.3%
4 Australia72.8%
5 United Kingdom66.2%
6 France54.1%
7 Japan 19.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.794669 X +5.722
Correlation coefficient (r)0.943
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.889

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 37680.929853 X +29054.435
Correlation coefficient (r)0.783
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.613

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -6.654979 X +85.972
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.653
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.426

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.322768 X +1.381
Correlation coefficient (r)0.493
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.243

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.699366 X +14.334
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020