Q30 If you look at successful people in society today, which do you think has played the largest part in their success, their ability and effort, or luck and chance?
1.Ability and effort
2.Luck and chance
3.Other (PLEASE SPECIFY)
4.Both
5.Don't know


1992
ITALY
1,048
1987
FRANCE
1,013
1987
FRG
1,000
1993
NL
1,083
1987
UK
1,043
1988
USA
1,563
1988
JPN
2,265
1.Ability & effort 48.4 63.7 57.1 46.0 56.1 69.9 52.7
2.Luck and chance 36.7 21.0 28.2 16.3 32.1 23.2 35.2
3.Both - - - 33.0 - - -
8.Other 4.8 12.7 7.0 1.1 8.4 4.8 3.6
9.D.K. 10.1 2.6 7.7 3.6 3.4 2.2 8.5