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Question: How important is having a good education yourself 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 Germany91.4%
2 Austria83.7%
3 United States80.9%
4 Italy74.6%
5 New Zealand73.7%
6 Chile70.4%
7 Australia68.8%
8 United Kingdom68.4%
9 Israel65.3%
10 Switzerland 63.8%
11 Finland61.9%
12 Sweden61.1%
13 Lithuania58.7%
14 France58.1%
15 Slovenia57.9%
16 Iceland54.0%
17 Norway52.3%
18 Denmark50.7%
19 Japan38.4%
20 Czech Republic32.2%

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 = -0.280432 X +7.118
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.091
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 10526.857885 X +45560.870
Correlation coefficient (r)0.065
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.308025 X +82.068
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.146012 X +1.747
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.059
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -3.863435 X +12.893
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024