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Question: How important do you personally think good opportunities for advancement is in a job?
Choices: "Very important" "Important" "Neither important nor unimportant" "Not important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States49.6%
2 United Kingdom26.5%
3 France25.4%
4 Australia22.2%
5 Germany14.2%
6 Sweden11.0%
7 Japan 5.3%

Note
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 = 0.770011 X +6.720
Correlation coefficient (r)0.258
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 44978.710392 X +43660.404
Correlation coefficient (r)0.597
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.356

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -13.785685 X +84.680
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.863
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.745

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.472897 X +1.487
Correlation coefficient (r)0.461
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.079001 X +12.991
Correlation coefficient (r)0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003