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Question: How important do you personally think good opportunities for advancement is in a job?
Choices: "Very important" "Important" "Neither important nor unimportant" "Not important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States88.6%
2 Canada81.4%
3 Italy80.6%
4 United Kingdom79.7%
5 Germany74.4%
6 France 70.4%
7 Sweden50.8%
8 Japan30.2%

Note
Can't choose Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.463919 X +6.356
Correlation coefficient (r)0.237
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 31895.349730 X +26837.995
Correlation coefficient (r)0.448
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.201

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -8.593421 X +87.624
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.677
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.458

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.204568 X +1.393
Correlation coefficient (r)0.202
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -5.492558 X +13.642
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.325
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106