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Question: How important do you personally think good opportunities for advancement is in a job?
Choices: "Very important" "Important" "Neither important nor unimportant" "Not important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico60.1%
2 United States49.6%
3 Chile48.3%
4 Israel42.8%
5 Spain38.8%
6 Iceland32.3%
7 Austria29.5%
8 Latvia28.8%
9 Poland28.4%
10 United Kingdom26.5%
11 France25.4%
12 Hungary23.9%
13 Lithuania23.6%
14 Slovenia23.0%
15 Australia22.2%
16 New Zealand21.1%
17 Belgium20.7%
18 Slovakia20.5%
19 Estonia19.9%
20 Switzerland16.3%
21 Czech Republic15.4%
22 Germany14.2%
23 Sweden11.0%
24 Finland9.1%
25 Denmark8.3%
26 Norway7.6%
27 Japan 5.3%

Note
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 = -0.792709 X +7.008
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.234
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -46609.287764 X +58304.891
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.274
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -8.431247 X +82.404
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.395
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.156

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.895311 X +1.326
Correlation coefficient (r)0.391
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.153

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -7.144879 X +12.428
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.284
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081