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Question: How much do you agree or disagree that it applies to your job? - "My opportunities for advancement are high"
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States31.1%
2 Canada23.9%
3 Italy23.6%
4 Sweden20.5%
5 United Kingdom19.6%
6 Germany17.0%
7 France 13.3%
8 Japan10.5%

Note
Those who do not work/ Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.240082 X +6.232
Correlation coefficient (r)0.383
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 158008.719199 X +17506.262
Correlation coefficient (r)0.741
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.549

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -26.568210 X +86.947
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.699
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.489

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.044103 X +1.526
Correlation coefficient (r)0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 6.615396 X +8.505
Correlation coefficient (r)0.131
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017