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Question: How important is giving bribes 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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy15.9%
2 Republic of Korea6.9%
3 Germany4.4%
4 France3.5%
5 United States2.8%
6 Japan 2.7%
7 United Kingdom2.1%
8 Australia2.0%
9 Sweden1.5%

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

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -4.662252 X +6.953
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.422
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.178

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -163141.581927 X +57049.687
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.592
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.350

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 5.226930 X +81.668
Correlation coefficient (r)0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -3.430156 X +1.628
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.530
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.281

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -23.035149 X +15.281
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028