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Question: Do you see yourself as someone who does a thorough job?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
15 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland97.4%
2 Ireland96.8%
3 United States96.6%
4 France96.2%
4 New Zealand96.2%
6 Denmark96.1%
7 Netherlands95.9%
8 Germany94.8%
9 Belgium92.7%
10 Israel92.5%
11 Latvia89.7%
12 Mexico89.2%
13 Czech Republic72.3%
14 Republic of Korea68.4%
15 Japan 67.6%

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 = 3.475368 X +3.748
Correlation coefficient (r)0.669
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.448

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 120949.627279 X -57138.520
Correlation coefficient (r)0.528
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.279

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -3.466313 X +83.835
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 1.504849 X +0.313
Correlation coefficient (r)0.373
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.139

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -24.474779 X +35.563
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.450
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203