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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - You should take care of yourself and your family first, before helping other people.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States58.7%
2 Germany57.6%
3 France50.8%
5 United Kingdom38.1%
7 Japan19.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.493112 X +5.900
Correlation coefficient (r)0.833
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.694

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 81019.090335 X +16178.206
Correlation coefficient (r)0.745
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.555

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -12.201666 X +86.773
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.805
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.648

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.854962 X +1.165
Correlation coefficient (r)0.685
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.469

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.305566 X +10.172
Correlation coefficient (r)0.016
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000