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Question: Do you see yourself as someone who is reserved?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
15 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico73.7%
2 Israel68.2%
3 Czech Republic64.6%
4 Ireland56.6%
5 United States55.3%
6 Latvia51.3%
7 Germany50.4%
8 France49.5%
9 Belgium49.0%
10 New Zealand45.4%
11 Japan 44.8%
12 Republic of Korea42.0%
13 Switzerland33.6%
14 Denmark20.4%
15 Netherlands15.6%

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

No data for 23 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -1.371282 X +7.517
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.393
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -61419.828262 X +80601.230
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.399
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.159

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -8.027071 X +84.588
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.442
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.195

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 1.346584 X +1.013
Correlation coefficient (r)0.497
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.247

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -10.112909 X +18.517
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.277
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077