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Question: Over the past 12 months, have you had any training to improve your job skills, either at the workplace or somewhere else?
Choices: "Yes" "No"
Data: % of "Yes"
Period:
Area:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela45.9%
2 Mexico 35.4%
3 Chile31.0%
4 Suriname30.1%

Note
% among those who work currently. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 29 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = -5.991127 X +8.458
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.834
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.696

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -43194.553764 X +24262.511
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.587
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.345

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -23.136981 X +80.737
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.393
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 1.517075 X +1.440
Correlation coefficient (r)0.298
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -100.804240 X +46.216
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.686
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.471