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Question: Thinking about what it means to be a good member of society, how important are the following aspects? - Following current events in other countries
Choices: "Very important" "Somewhat important" "Not too important" "Not at all important"
Data: % of "Very important"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States82.3%
2 Japan70.1%
3 Spain57.7%
4 Germany 54.5%
5 Italy51.6%
6 Sweden50.5%
7 Netherlands48.8%
8 Greece46.9%
9 United Kingdom46.7%
10 Canada44.0%
11 Belgium42.9%
12 France41.1%
13 Republic of Korea40.4%
14 Australia33.9%
15 Hungary29.7%
16 Poland29.6%
17 Israel19.3%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 21 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2022. For the United States, Pew Research Center "American Trends Panel Wave 105" March 2022.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -0.504884 X +6.877
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.162
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 37280.492420 X +28475.889
Correlation coefficient (r)0.336
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.113

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 0.976350 X +80.882
Correlation coefficient (r)0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -1.035715 X +1.983
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 3.869989 X +8.162
Correlation coefficient (r)0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018