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Question: How important is having political connections 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 Italy47.4%
2 Slovenia44.4%
3 Austria29.4%
4 Chile23.7%
5 Lithuania17.9%
6 Iceland17.8%
7 Czech Republic17.2%
8 United States15.8%
9 Germany15.2%
10 Japan11.8%
11 Israel8.5%
12 Australia7.8%
13 United Kingdom7.7%
14 Norway7.4%
15 Denmark7.1%
16 Switzerland7.0%
17 Sweden6.9%
18 Finland 6.8%
19 New Zealand6.7%
20 France3.9%

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 = -1.577449 X +7.186
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.441
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -83122.610642 X +65126.579
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.440
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -4.007469 X +81.862
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.187
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.811340 X +1.780
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.280
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.221614 X +10.637
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.042
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002