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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:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom62.1%
2 Belgium60.1%
3 Slovenia59.7%
4 United States 59.4%
5 Finland58.1%
6 New Zealand56.9%
6 Norway56.9%
8 Australia55.8%
9 Iceland55.0%
10 Denmark54.5%
11 Switzerland52.7%
12 Sweden51.5%
13 Latvia50.6%
14 Spain48.6%
15 Estonia48.3%
16 Germany47.6%
17 Lithuania47.1%
18 France46.7%
19 Czech Republic46.6%
20 Venezuela45.9%
21 Japan42.1%
22 Taiwan40.3%
23 South Africa38.7%
24 Philippines36.6%
25 Israel36.3%
26 Mexico35.4%
27 Poland34.3%
28 Georgia34.2%
29 Austria33.4%
30 Chile31.0%
31 China30.4%
32 Slovakia30.2%
33 Suriname30.1%
34 Croatia26.7%
35 India22.6%
36 Hungary19.7%
37 Russian Federation18.0%

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

No data for 201 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 3.901058 X +4.806
Correlation coefficient (r)0.652
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.425

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 139830.898478 X -23570.634
Correlation coefficient (r)0.671
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.450

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 22.451818 X +68.339
Correlation coefficient (r)0.540
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.292

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -0.702809 X +1.961
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.217
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -3.922319 X +12.853
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009