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Question: Over the past 12 months, have you had any training to improve your job skills, either at the workplace or somewhere else?
Choices: "Yes" "No"
Data: % of "Yes"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom62.1%
2 Belgium60.1%
3 Slovenia59.7%
4 United States59.4%
5 Finland 58.1%
6 New Zealand56.9%
6 Norway56.9%
8 Australia55.8%
9 Iceland55.0%
10 Denmark54.5%
11 Switzerland52.7%
12 Sweden51.5%
13 Latvia50.6%
14 Spain48.6%
15 Estonia48.3%
16 Germany47.6%
17 Lithuania47.1%
18 France46.7%
19 Czech Republic46.6%
20 Japan42.1%
21 Israel36.3%
22 Mexico35.4%
23 Poland34.3%
24 Austria33.4%
25 Chile31.0%
26 Slovakia30.2%
27 Hungary19.7%

Note
% among those who work currently. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 2.220033 X +5.758
Correlation coefficient (r)0.535
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.286

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 122501.387840 X -13301.547
Correlation coefficient (r)0.559
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.312

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 16.208482 X +72.020
Correlation coefficient (r)0.461
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.294415 X +1.776
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.103
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 8.318776 X +6.703
Correlation coefficient (r)0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073