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Question: How much do you agree or disagree that it applies to your job? - "My opportunities for advancement are high"
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel32.7%
2 United States31.1%
3 Slovenia27.6%
4 Portugal26.4%
5 Netherlands24.5%
6 Canada23.9%
7 Italy23.6%
7 Switzerland23.6%
9 New Zealand23.0%
10 Denmark22.9%
11 Sweden20.5%
12 United Kingdom19.6%
13 Germany17.0%
14 Spain16.1%
15 Norway14.3%
16 Hungary13.7%
17 France13.3%
18 Poland11.2%
19 Japan 10.5%
20 Czech Republic10.4%

Note
Those who do not work/ Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 1.964184 X +6.394
Correlation coefficient (r)0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 2.011159 X +6.359
Correlation coefficient (r)0.309
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 2.442825 X +6.281
Correlation coefficient (r)0.352
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.124

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 127357.771062 X +26000.440
Correlation coefficient (r)0.384
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 5.010504 X +80.793
Correlation coefficient (r)0.164
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 2.673909 X +0.937
Correlation coefficient (r)0.504
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.254

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -13.925595 X +12.605
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.323
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104