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Question: There are different opinions as to what it takes to be a good citizen. As far as you are concerned personally, how important is it - Always to obey laws and regulations?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada6.47
2 Israel6.46
2 United Kingdom6.46
4 Poland6.45
4 United States6.45
6 Australia6.43
6 Chile6.43
8 Ireland6.39
8 Mexico6.39
10 Portugal6.32
11 Hungary6.31
11 New Zealand6.31
13 Japan 6.28
13 Slovakia6.28
15 Denmark6.23
16 Republic of Korea6.19
17 Spain6.17
18 Austria5.97
18 Germany5.97
18 Norway5.97
21 Finland5.96
21 Sweden5.96
23 Latvia5.91
23 Slovenia5.91
25 France5.82
26 Netherlands5.75
27 Czech Republic5.74
28 Belgium5.52
29 Switzerland5.49

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

No data for 9 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.414311 X +9.310
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.258
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -17935.352893 X +158544.809
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.512160 X +90.064
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.204952 X +0.269
Correlation coefficient (r)0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -3.079518 X +29.285
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068