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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:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland83.3%
2 United States82.5%
3 Sweden81.5%
4 Germany79.3%
5 Iceland76.4%
6 Austria76.3%
7 Denmark76.1%
8 New Zealand75.9%
9 Australia72.8%
10 Finland66.8%
10 Mexico66.8%
12 United Kingdom66.2%
13 Spain63.7%
14 Slovakia62.6%
15 Hungary62.2%
16 Slovenia59.1%
17 Israel54.6%
18 France54.1%
19 Lithuania48.6%
20 Czech Republic46.6%
21 Japan 19.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 2.055336 X +5.586
Correlation coefficient (r)0.592
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.350

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 75312.614924 X -3007.694
Correlation coefficient (r)0.555
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.308

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.737630 X +80.036
Correlation coefficient (r)0.038
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.108052 X +1.715
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.049
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -5.097678 X +16.465
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027