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Question: How important is having political connections 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 Italy47.4%
2 United States15.8%
3 Germany15.2%
4 Japan11.8%
5 Australia7.8%
6 United Kingdom7.7%
7 Sweden6.9%
8 France 3.9%

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 = -1.274902 X +6.884
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.446
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.199

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -35553.745615 X +55408.889
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.333
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.111

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.027991 X +81.742
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.002
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.034172 X +1.719
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.721
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.520

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -13.995191 X +11.976
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.585
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.342