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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea91.1%
2 United States87.1%
3 Australia83.0%
4 Canada82.7%
5 United Kingdom77.9%
6 France 75.5%
7 Germany73.8%
8 Sweden49.1%
9 Japan26.7%

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

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.243760 X +6.516
Correlation coefficient (r)0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 23541.857508 X +33658.747
Correlation coefficient (r)0.343
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -5.256123 X +85.689
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.451
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.071986 X +1.556
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.049
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 3.536651 X +9.310
Correlation coefficient (r)0.176
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031