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Question: How important is having a good education yourself 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 Germany91.4%
2 United States80.9%
3 Italy74.6%
4 Australia68.8%
5 United Kingdom68.4%
6 Sweden61.1%
7 France 58.1%
8 Japan38.4%

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 = 0.786101 X +6.166
Correlation coefficient (r)0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 40866.771943 X +22559.462
Correlation coefficient (r)0.438
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.192

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -9.911145 X +88.449
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.627
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.393

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.230865 X +1.412
Correlation coefficient (r)0.185
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -5.580872 X +13.716
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.267
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071