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Question: How important is being born a man or a woman 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 Italy22.7%
2 Germany17.5%
3 United States14.9%
4 Australia11.3%
5 Sweden10.0%
6 United Kingdom9.9%
7 France 9.1%
8 Japan4.9%

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 = -0.307520 X +6.737
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.043
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 10008.744788 X +48976.529
Correlation coefficient (r)0.038
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -14.358268 X +83.538
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.318
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.101

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.010998 X +1.696
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.283
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -32.388660 X +13.998
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.544
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.296