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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:
12 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland96.9%
2 France92.9%
3 Hungary90.5%
4 Italy88.4%
5 Lithuania88.2%
6 Iceland87.4%
7 Republic of Korea85.7%
8 Czech Republic85.5%
9 Austria83.6%
10 Finland83.5%
11 Estonia82.8%
12 Japan 79.2%

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 26 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -2.493839 X +8.803
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -112303.280618 X +134828.756
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.342
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.117

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -31.297335 X +107.453
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.454
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.206

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 1.102107 X +0.498
Correlation coefficient (r)0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -20.839383 X +33.749
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027