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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - In this country, people have the same chances to enter university, regardless of their gender, ethnicity or social background.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan66.7%
2 United States65.2%
3 Sweden64.3%
4 Australia63.9%
5 Republic of Korea57.4%
6 United Kingdom53.3%
7 Italy47.1%
8 France 44.7%
9 Germany44.4%

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 = 0.718827 X +6.222
Correlation coefficient (r)0.155
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 69601.474206 X +9043.281
Correlation coefficient (r)0.425
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.224954 X +81.807
Correlation coefficient (r)0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.175013 X +1.583
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 27.933465 X -4.551
Correlation coefficient (r)0.529
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.280