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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States49.6%
2 United Kingdom26.5%
3 France 25.4%
4 Australia22.2%
5 Germany14.2%
6 Sweden11.0%
7 Japan5.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.328296 X +6.680
Correlation coefficient (r)0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 71301.558937 X +36831.285
Correlation coefficient (r)0.715
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.511

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -16.463485 X +85.212
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.887
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.787

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.531847 X +1.497
Correlation coefficient (r)0.468
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.219

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 4.732732 X +9.696
Correlation coefficient (r)0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068