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Question: How important is hard work 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 United States89.2%
2 Australia81.0%
3 United Kingdom80.7%
4 Sweden69.1%
5 France66.1%
6 Italy62.0%
7 Germany60.1%
8 Japan 57.9%

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 = 1.965291 X +5.446
Correlation coefficient (r)0.530
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.281

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 78852.668322 X -4491.494
Correlation coefficient (r)0.758
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.575

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -12.040290 X +90.245
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.643
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.413

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.671948 X +1.072
Correlation coefficient (r)0.417
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.174

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.017987 X +10.277
Correlation coefficient (r)0.101
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010