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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico44.1%
2 United States35.9%
3 Portugal35.4%
4 Ireland34.6%
5 Switzerland31.8%
6 New Zealand31.1%
7 Slovenia28.5%
8 Canada28.0%
9 Israel25.8%
10 Belgium25.5%
11 Australia25.4%
12 United Kingdom25.3%
13 Republic of Korea24.7%
14 Spain24.0%
15 Denmark23.1%
16 Germany21.6%
17 Sweden20.8%
18 Finland19.7%
19 Latvia15.8%
20 Hungary14.5%
21 France14.0%
22 Czech Republic13.9%
23 Norway12.9%
24 Japan 9.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.329854 X +6.709
Correlation coefficient (r)0.058
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 28867.188935 X +42542.397
Correlation coefficient (r)0.095
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -8.850508 X +82.866
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.205
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.349844 X +1.530
Correlation coefficient (r)0.080
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -10.393041 X +13.156
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.234
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055