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Question: Over the past 12 months, have you had any training to improve your job skills, either at the workplace or somewhere else?
Choices: "Yes" "No"
Data: % of "Yes"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom62.1%
2 United States59.4%
3 Australia55.8%
4 Sweden51.5%
5 Germany47.6%
6 France46.7%
7 Japan 42.1%

Note
% among those who work currently. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3.420618 X +5.105
Correlation coefficient (r)0.577
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.333

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 90140.617952 X +6540.923
Correlation coefficient (r)0.601
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.361

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -19.911141 X +92.031
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.626
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.392

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.460758 X +1.351
Correlation coefficient (r)0.226
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -17.531349 X +22.375
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.466
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.217