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Question: How important is a person's race 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 Germany21.8%
2 Italy17.6%
3 United States12.8%
4 Sweden7.9%
5 France 7.5%
6 United Kingdom6.6%
7 Australia6.5%
8 Japan4.8%

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 = -0.673143 X +6.770
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -3607.574207 X +50616.934
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -14.204375 X +83.256
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.345
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.119

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.735855 X +1.647
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.226
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -22.870677 X +12.382
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.421
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.177