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Question: How important is being born a man or a woman 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 Austria26.7%
2 Italy22.7%
3 Czech Republic17.7%
4 Germany17.5%
5 Slovenia16.1%
6 United States14.9%
7 Chile12.9%
8 New Zealand11.5%
9 Australia11.3%
10 Sweden10.0%
11 United Kingdom9.9%
12 Iceland9.7%
13 France9.1%
14 Norway8.9%
15 Israel7.4%
15 Lithuania7.4%
17 Switzerland7.2%
18 Finland5.0%
19 Japan 4.9%
20 Denmark4.8%

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 = -2.821563 X +7.273
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.380
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -100109.239316 X +64018.818
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.255
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -8.759282 X +82.272
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.197
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.132995 X +1.788
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -12.688133 X +11.942
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.212
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045