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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States35.9%
2 Canada28.0%
3 Australia25.4%
4 United Kingdom25.3%
5 Republic of Korea24.7%
6 Germany21.6%
7 Sweden20.8%
8 France 14.0%
9 Japan9.8%

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

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.928979 X +6.251
Correlation coefficient (r)0.350
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 135122.140400 X +19727.222
Correlation coefficient (r)0.725
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.526

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -22.148250 X +86.968
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.699
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.489

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.074853 X +1.487
Correlation coefficient (r)0.019
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 10.327382 X +9.494
Correlation coefficient (r)0.189
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036