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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:
12 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland97.6%
2 Iceland97.1%
3 France94.1%
4 Hungary94.0%
5 Finland91.7%
6 Austria90.8%
7 Italy88.8%
8 Lithuania88.0%
9 Czech Republic87.7%
10 Estonia81.8%
11 Republic of Korea80.6%
12 Japan 76.9%

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 26 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 4.190359 X +2.899
Correlation coefficient (r)0.446
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.199

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 43889.671092 X -2033.289
Correlation coefficient (r)0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -15.301935 X +93.841
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.303
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 1.909590 X -0.244
Correlation coefficient (r)0.478
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -37.790600 X +49.277
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.407
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166