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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico97.3%
2 Israel95.5%
3 Portugal92.2%
4 Republic of Korea91.1%
5 Spain88.6%
6 United States87.1%
7 Ireland86.2%
8 New Zealand83.2%
9 Australia83.0%
10 Canada82.7%
11 Belgium79.8%
12 Slovenia78.5%
13 United Kingdom77.9%
14 France75.5%
15 Germany73.8%
16 Hungary67.5%
17 Latvia66.2%
18 Switzerland 63.9%
19 Czech Republic56.1%
20 Norway51.6%
21 Sweden49.1%
22 Finland46.0%
23 Denmark40.9%
24 Japan26.7%

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 = -0.669278 X +7.275
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -21260.585118 X +65010.676
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -3.860159 X +83.503
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.199
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.307737 X +1.392
Correlation coefficient (r)0.157
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -3.152217 X +12.903
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.158
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025