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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - To get all the way to the top in this country today, you have to be corrupt.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany42.9%
2 Japan41.2%
3 France 40.6%
4 Sweden20.7%
5 United Kingdom19.0%
6 Canada17.6%
7 Australia17.1%
7 United States17.1%

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

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1999

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.960980 X +7.300
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.640
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.410

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -78944.731015 X +74185.189
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.715
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.511

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 5.984331 X +80.095
Correlation coefficient (r)0.289
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.151366 X +1.632
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.942967 X +12.025
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.245
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060