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Question: How important is knowing the right people 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 Italy65.7%
2 Germany60.2%
3 United States46.4%
4 Sweden34.3%
5 United Kingdom33.9%
6 Australia33.0%
7 France 14.5%
8 Japan13.3%

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 = 0.148767 X +6.642
Correlation coefficient (r)0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 9957.106514 X +46481.280
Correlation coefficient (r)0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.819746 X +83.553
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.326162 X +1.692
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.312
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -8.128365 X +12.999
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.466
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.217