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Question: How important is hard work 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 United States89.2%
2 Australia81.0%
3 United Kingdom80.7%
4 Sweden69.1%
5 France 66.1%
6 Italy62.0%
7 Germany60.1%
8 Japan57.9%

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 = 1.653870 X +5.528
Correlation coefficient (r)0.478
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 105856.593180 X -24675.397
Correlation coefficient (r)0.818
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.669

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -14.530363 X +92.020
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.662
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.438

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.831526 X +0.980
Correlation coefficient (r)0.479
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.229

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 11.034980 X +2.129
Correlation coefficient (r)0.381
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.145