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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States35.9%
2 Canada28.0%
3 Australia25.4%
4 United Kingdom25.3%
5 Republic of Korea24.7%
6 Germany21.6%
7 Sweden20.8%
8 France14.0%
9 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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.693618 X +6.183
Correlation coefficient (r)0.415
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.172

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 90873.820839 X +30568.255
Correlation coefficient (r)0.614
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.377

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -20.356496 X +86.493
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.746
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.557

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.162264 X +1.524
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.044
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.124988 X +14.293
Correlation coefficient (r)0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001