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Question: How important is being born a man or a woman 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 Philippines51.3%
2 South Africa40.2%
3 Austria26.7%
4 Suriname26.0%
5 Italy22.7%
6 Croatia18.9%
7 Czech Republic17.7%
8 Bulgaria17.5%
8 Germany17.5%
10 Slovenia16.1%
11 United States14.9%
12 Chile12.9%
13 Thailand12.5%
14 Russian Federation11.8%
15 New Zealand11.5%
16 Australia11.3%
17 Sweden10.0%
18 United Kingdom9.9%
19 Iceland9.7%
20 France9.1%
21 Norway8.9%
22 Israel7.4%
22 Lithuania7.4%
24 Switzerland7.2%
25 Taiwan6.1%
26 Venezuela5.3%
27 Finland5.0%
28 Japan 4.9%
29 Denmark4.8%

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 = -2.668648 X +7.008
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.433
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -112966.661991 X +56268.940
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -32.069193 X +83.132
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.595
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.354

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 1.739724 X +1.482
Correlation coefficient (r)0.439
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.193

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 5.559212 X +10.240
Correlation coefficient (r)0.102
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010