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Question: How important is knowing the right people for getting ahead in life?
Choices: "Essential" "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Essential" "Very important"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany60.9%
2 Sweden56.5%
3 Canada51.0%
4 United States47.2%
5 United Kingdom41.7%
6 France 41.5%
7 Australia39.7%
8 Japan19.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1999

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.108359 X +5.826
Correlation coefficient (r)0.718
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.516

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 46240.691162 X +32146.106
Correlation coefficient (r)0.436
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.190

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -6.940944 X +84.820
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.349
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.534578 X +1.352
Correlation coefficient (r)0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -3.476516 X +12.245
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032