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Question: How important do you personally think high income 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 States29.0%
2 Japan 20.5%
3 France18.5%
4 Germany12.7%
5 United Kingdom11.9%
6 Sweden11.2%
7 Australia10.2%

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 = -2.809136 X +7.347
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.445
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.198

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 23008.659138 X +49821.447
Correlation coefficient (r)0.144
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -17.516725 X +84.496
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.517
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.267

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.059126 X +1.582
Correlation coefficient (r)0.027
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 25.116614 X +9.138
Correlation coefficient (r)0.627
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.393