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Question: How important is having political connections 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 Italy47.4%
2 United States15.8%
3 Germany15.2%
4 Japan 11.8%
5 Australia7.8%
6 United Kingdom7.7%
7 Sweden6.9%
8 France3.9%

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 = -1.120673 X +7.000
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -38248.480571 X +56876.560
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.445
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.198

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.710406 X +81.828
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.005156 X +1.694
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.754
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.569

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -14.264757 X +14.490
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.579
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.335