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Question: How important is knowing the right people 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 Italy65.7%
2 Germany60.2%
3 United States46.4%
4 Sweden34.3%
5 United Kingdom33.9%
6 Australia33.0%
7 France14.5%
8 Japan 13.3%

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 = 0.567255 X +6.623
Correlation coefficient (r)0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2798.349930 X +50252.696
Correlation coefficient (r)0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -5.033033 X +83.621
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.446
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.199

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.403229 X +1.699
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.415
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.172

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -8.795910 X +15.725
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.490
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.240