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Question: How important is knowing the right people 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 Slovenia67.8%
2 Italy65.7%
3 Austria60.9%
4 Germany60.2%
5 Israel59.2%
6 Chile54.0%
7 Czech Republic47.0%
8 United States46.4%
9 Iceland41.6%
10 Switzerland41.2%
11 New Zealand39.3%
12 Denmark34.9%
13 Sweden34.3%
14 United Kingdom33.9%
15 Norway33.6%
16 Finland 33.5%
17 Australia33.0%
18 Lithuania29.6%
19 France14.5%
20 Japan13.3%

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 = -0.169548 X +7.012
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.059
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -23558.594639 X +62166.499
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.157
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -2.594772 X +82.335
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.433610 X +1.472
Correlation coefficient (r)0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -7.593931 X +13.651
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.331
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110