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Question: Who or where would you turn to first to help you if you needed to find a job?
Choices: "Family members or close friends" "Other persons" "Private companies" "Public services" "Non-profit or religious organisations" "Other organisations" "No person or organisation"
Data: % of "Private companies"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden26.8%
2 Denmark22.5%
3 France21.1%
3 Taiwan21.1%
5 Australia18.4%
5 Iceland18.4%
7 New Zealand17.3%
8 India17.0%
9 United Kingdom16.8%
10 Spain15.1%
11 Japan 14.0%
11 South Africa14.0%
13 United States12.9%
14 Austria12.1%
15 Lithuania12.0%
16 Israel11.6%
17 Slovakia11.5%
18 Hungary11.4%
19 Mexico11.0%
20 Switzerland10.5%
21 Slovenia9.8%
21 Suriname9.8%
23 Finland9.5%
24 Czech Republic8.8%
24 Philippines8.8%
26 Russian Federation7.2%
27 China7.0%
28 Germany6.1%
29 Thailand5.7%
30 Croatia5.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 3.570054 X +6.076
Correlation coefficient (r)0.258
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 185828.777301 X +11450.237
Correlation coefficient (r)0.407
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 34.031659 X +73.362
Correlation coefficient (r)0.303
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.404545 X +1.675
Correlation coefficient (r)0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -4.244083 X +11.937
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002