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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 Italy47.5%
2 Germany29.0%
3 United States28.9%
4 Japan16.3%
5 United Kingdom14.7%
6 Australia13.6%
7 Sweden13.5%
8 France 7.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.112287 X +6.936
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.364
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -14591.939200 X +53350.402
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.870938 X +82.779
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.251
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.063

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.978817 X +1.778
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.638
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.407

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -11.961229 X +12.494
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.467
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.218