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Question: How important is having a good education yourself 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 Germany91.4%
2 United States80.9%
3 Italy74.6%
4 Australia68.8%
5 United Kingdom68.4%
6 Sweden61.1%
7 France58.1%
8 Japan 38.4%

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 = 1.439032 X +5.862
Correlation coefficient (r)0.539
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.291

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 27019.914875 X +33010.765
Correlation coefficient (r)0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -9.340112 X +88.049
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.692
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.479

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.076105 X +1.496
Correlation coefficient (r)0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -6.153099 X +16.579
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.286
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082