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Question: How important is hard work 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:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan91.6%
2 Philippines91.4%
3 United States89.2%
4 New Zealand86.1%
5 Iceland84.8%
6 Suriname84.6%
7 Bulgaria83.2%
8 Australia81.0%
9 United Kingdom80.7%
10 Israel78.8%
11 South Africa78.5%
12 Croatia76.7%
12 Venezuela76.7%
14 Norway74.4%
15 Russian Federation71.9%
16 Chile70.9%
17 Czech Republic69.1%
17 Sweden69.1%
19 Austria68.6%
20 France66.1%
21 Finland64.5%
22 Switzerland62.5%
23 Italy62.0%
24 Germany60.1%
25 Japan 57.9%
26 Lithuania57.3%
27 Slovenia56.8%
28 Denmark43.1%
29 Thailand40.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 209 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -0.628356 X +7.075
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -7109.185772 X +44800.524
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.034
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -15.150944 X +89.082
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.340
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 1.651688 X +0.571
Correlation coefficient (r)0.503
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.253

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 2.034210 X +9.629
Correlation coefficient (r)0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002