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Question: How important is having political connections 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 Italy42.5%
2 Republic of Korea26.0%
3 United States20.2%
4 Germany14.2%
5 Australia11.4%
6 Japan 10.0%
7 France8.3%
8 United Kingdom7.2%
9 Sweden6.8%

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 = -1.802815 X +7.030
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.424
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.180

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -43831.050708 X +56612.258
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.413
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.111708 X +82.092
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.062
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.528202 X +1.718
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.613
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.376

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.068309 X +14.037
Correlation coefficient (r)0.020
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000