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Question: How important is a person's race 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:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Austria24.6%
2 Germany21.8%
3 Czech Republic17.6%
3 Italy17.6%
5 Chile14.4%
6 Slovenia13.7%
7 United States12.8%
8 Norway12.1%
9 Iceland11.3%
10 New Zealand11.1%
11 Israel8.6%
12 Sweden7.9%
13 France7.5%
14 Lithuania7.1%
15 United Kingdom6.6%
16 Australia6.5%
17 Finland5.9%
18 Switzerland5.0%
19 Japan 4.8%
20 Denmark3.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -2.209776 X +7.185
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.293
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -73712.874953 X +61991.530
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.198
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -8.843065 X +82.405
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.587275 X +1.632
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.099
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -12.485492 X +11.824
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.206
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042