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Question: How would you describe yourself as a person? - I perform to the best of my ability even on a task that I do not like.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
16 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland97.6%
2 Iceland97.1%
3 France94.1%
4 Hungary94.0%
5 Finland 91.7%
6 Ukraine91.3%
7 Austria90.8%
8 Russian Federation90.2%
9 Italy88.8%
10 Lithuania88.0%
11 Czech Republic87.7%
12 Taiwan83.4%
13 Estonia81.8%
14 Republic of Korea80.6%
15 Japan76.9%
16 China71.9%

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 222 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 3.706795 X +3.132
Correlation coefficient (r)0.364
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 57252.038084 X -18557.588
Correlation coefficient (r)0.237
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -8.942612 X +86.691
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.153
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 0.583376 X +0.947
Correlation coefficient (r)0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -2.412745 X +18.267
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.027
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001