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Question: How important is hard work 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:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States89.2%
2 New Zealand86.1%
3 Iceland84.8%
4 Australia81.0%
5 United Kingdom80.7%
6 Israel78.8%
7 Norway74.4%
8 Chile 70.9%
9 Czech Republic69.1%
9 Sweden69.1%
11 Austria68.6%
12 France66.1%
13 Finland64.5%
14 Switzerland62.5%
15 Italy62.0%
16 Germany60.1%
17 Japan57.9%
18 Lithuania57.3%
19 Slovenia56.8%
20 Denmark43.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.387107 X +6.673
Correlation coefficient (r)0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 52405.214923 X +15987.744
Correlation coefficient (r)0.266
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.089828 X +81.302
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.956701 X +0.993
Correlation coefficient (r)0.316
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.100

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.859316 X +11.733
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.062
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004