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Question: How important is having well-educated parents 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 Germany56.7%
2 Italy51.0%
3 United States43.3%
4 France 34.1%
5 Australia28.2%
6 United Kingdom26.7%
7 Sweden23.2%
8 Japan20.1%

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 = -0.488078 X +6.871
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3745.575241 X +48904.973
Correlation coefficient (r)0.034
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -8.316532 X +84.683
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.445
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.198

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.184324 X +1.634
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -10.557709 X +13.676
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.428
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.183