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Question: How important is coming from a wealthy family 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 Italy47.5%
2 Slovenia35.1%
3 Austria32.5%
4 Chile32.4%
5 Germany29.0%
6 United States28.9%
7 Israel20.2%
8 Lithuania19.7%
9 Czech Republic18.0%
10 Iceland16.7%
11 Japan16.3%
12 New Zealand15.9%
13 Norway15.1%
14 United Kingdom14.7%
15 Australia13.6%
16 Sweden13.5%
17 Denmark10.3%
18 Switzerland10.0%
19 Finland 7.8%
20 France7.5%

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 = -2.219250 X +7.390
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.534
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.285

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -85520.243060 X +69530.971
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.390
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.152

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -6.217723 X +82.498
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.619586 X +1.780
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.184
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -6.014473 X +11.664
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032