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Question: How much do you agree or disagree that it applies to your job? - "My opportunities for advancement are high"
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Dominican Republic57.6%
2 Mexico44.1%
3 Philippines42.7%
4 South Africa38.1%
5 United States35.9%
6 Portugal35.4%
7 Ireland34.6%
8 Switzerland31.8%
9 New Zealand31.1%
10 Slovenia28.5%
11 Canada28.0%
12 Russian Federation26.8%
13 Israel25.8%
14 Belgium25.5%
15 Australia25.4%
16 United Kingdom25.3%
17 Republic of Korea24.7%
18 Spain24.0%
19 Denmark23.1%
20 Taiwan22.9%
21 Germany21.6%
22 Bulgaria20.9%
23 Sweden20.8%
24 Finland 19.7%
25 Cyprus18.2%
26 Latvia15.8%
27 Hungary14.5%
28 France14.0%
29 Czech Republic13.9%
30 Norway12.9%
31 Japan9.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 207 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -1.749011 X +7.064
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.259
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -53569.343843 X +55498.550
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.218
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -18.962416 X +84.283
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.427
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.182

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 1.850093 X +1.170
Correlation coefficient (r)0.479
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.229

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -15.638114 X +17.177
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.263
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069