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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:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany91.4%
2 Philippines90.1%
3 Austria83.7%
4 Suriname82.6%
5 United States80.9%
6 South Africa79.3%
7 Bulgaria78.1%
8 Italy74.6%
9 New Zealand73.7%
10 Thailand72.6%
11 Chile70.4%
12 Venezuela69.7%
13 Australia68.8%
14 United Kingdom68.4%
15 Russian Federation66.7%
16 Croatia66.3%
17 Israel65.3%
18 Switzerland63.8%
19 Finland 61.9%
20 Sweden61.1%
21 Taiwan60.9%
22 Lithuania58.7%
23 France58.1%
24 Slovenia57.9%
25 Iceland54.0%
26 Norway52.3%
27 Denmark50.7%
28 Japan38.4%
29 Czech Republic32.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 209 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -1.501142 X +7.630
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.259
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -51168.706343 X +73103.566
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -14.945217 X +88.790
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.418
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.175

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 0.709557 X +1.237
Correlation coefficient (r)0.253
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -4.005223 X +16.059
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.088
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008