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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom62.1%
2 United States59.4%
3 Australia55.8%
4 Sweden51.5%
5 Germany47.6%
6 France 46.7%
7 Japan42.1%

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

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.648119 X +5.370
Correlation coefficient (r)0.485
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.235

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 127910.838972 X -14194.912
Correlation coefficient (r)0.644
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.415

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -22.412269 X +93.279
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.607
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.368

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.696797 X +1.251
Correlation coefficient (r)0.308
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.579071 X +12.084
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005