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Question: How important is having well-educated parents 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 Germany56.7%
2 Italy51.0%
3 United States43.3%
4 France34.1%
5 Australia28.2%
6 United Kingdom26.7%
7 Sweden23.2%
8 Japan 20.1%

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 = 0.157198 X +6.781
Correlation coefficient (r)0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -6569.085224 X +53632.902
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -7.851668 X +84.505
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.492
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.242

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.263190 X +1.641
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -7.678561 X +15.132
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.302
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091