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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - In this country, only the rich can afford the costs of attending university.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea57.2%
2 France 56.6%
3 Germany35.1%
4 Australia34.2%
5 Japan31.9%
6 United Kingdom29.5%
7 United States26.3%
8 Italy17.9%
9 Sweden11.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: unweighted sum of Flanders and Wallony. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.307343 X +7.063
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.470
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.221

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -32746.240762 X +59174.802
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.333
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.111

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.376856 X +81.141
Correlation coefficient (r)0.151
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.495496 X +1.650
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.243
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 14.177258 X +6.456
Correlation coefficient (r)0.448
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.201