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Question: How important is coming from a wealthy family 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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany26.6%
2 Australia20.9%
3 United States20.5%
4 United Kingdom19.2%
5 Sweden19.0%
6 Canada14.8%
7 Japan12.2%
8 France 11.7%

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

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1999

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.177678 X +6.195
Correlation coefficient (r)0.428
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.183

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 127210.538378 X +29809.366
Correlation coefficient (r)0.475
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.226

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -21.641850 X +85.632
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.431
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.186

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.649105 X +1.474
Correlation coefficient (r)0.196
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -7.933865 X +12.126
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.162
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026