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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:
16 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland96.9%
2 France92.9%
3 Hungary90.5%
4 Taiwan90.4%
5 Russian Federation89.7%
6 Italy88.4%
7 Lithuania88.2%
8 Ukraine87.7%
9 Iceland87.4%
10 Republic of Korea85.7%
11 Czech Republic85.5%
12 Austria83.6%
13 China83.5%
13 Finland 83.5%
15 Estonia82.8%
16 Japan79.2%

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 222 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -2.242297 X +8.345
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -98028.180885 X +117272.524
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.245
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -35.846814 X +110.005
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.367
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 0.703354 X +0.849
Correlation coefficient (r)0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 0.993185 X +15.276
Correlation coefficient (r)0.007
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000