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Question: How important is a person's race 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 Germany21.8%
2 Italy17.6%
3 United States12.8%
4 Sweden7.9%
5 France7.5%
6 United Kingdom6.6%
7 Australia6.5%
8 Japan 4.8%

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 = 0.679693 X +6.764
Correlation coefficient (r)0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -17125.776582 X +53136.942
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.088
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -14.345767 X +83.258
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.877580 X +1.641
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -16.250506 X +14.149
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085