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Question: How important is coming from a wealthy family 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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy47.5%
2 Germany29.0%
3 United States28.9%
4 Japan 16.3%
5 United Kingdom14.7%
6 Australia13.6%
7 Sweden13.5%
8 France7.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.720595 X +6.991
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -22723.715198 X +56163.819
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.247
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.822104 X +82.756
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.977486 X +1.756
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.686
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.471

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -12.246792 X +15.030
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.465
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.216