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Question: How important is giving bribes 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:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ukraine28.3%
2 Hungary26.9%
3 China26.6%
4 Bulgaria23.3%
5 Russian Federation22.2%
6 Slovakia21.4%
7 Lithuania19.5%
8 Poland19.0%
9 Cyprus17.1%
10 Slovenia16.5%
11 Latvia16.2%
12 Italy15.9%
13 Croatia14.5%
14 Israel12.9%
15 Turkiye12.8%
16 Czech Republic12.7%
17 Philippines12.5%
18 South Africa11.9%
19 Taiwan8.9%
20 Portugal8.6%
21 Austria8.0%
22 Spain7.4%
23 Chile7.0%
24 Republic of Korea6.9%
24 Venezuela6.9%
26 Estonia5.5%
27 Belgium5.3%
28 Germany4.4%
29 Argentina3.6%
30 France3.5%
31 United States2.8%
32 Japan 2.7%
33 United Kingdom2.1%
34 Australia2.0%
34 Iceland2.0%
36 Switzerland1.6%
37 Sweden1.5%
38 Finland1.4%
38 New Zealand1.4%
38 Norway1.4%
41 Denmark0.7%

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

No data for 197 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -4.979414 X +6.967
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.608
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.370

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -192157.059096 X +55481.945
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.644
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.415

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -35.494427 X +81.929
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.564
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.318

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.646649 X +1.699
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 6.613638 X +9.816
Correlation coefficient (r)0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011