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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:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela6.67
2 Georgia6.54
3 United Kingdom6.51
4 Australia6.50
5 Taiwan6.47
6 United States6.43
7 Turkiye6.41
8 Hungary6.40
9 Japan 6.36
10 Iceland6.28
10 Philippines6.28
12 Chile6.27
13 Croatia6.26
14 Czech Republic6.25
14 Slovenia6.25
16 Spain6.21
17 Poland6.18
18 Israel6.17
19 South Africa6.16
20 Republic of Korea6.14
21 Denmark6.10
21 Norway6.10
23 Lithuania6.07
24 Sweden6.06
25 Finland6.05
26 Russian Federation5.99
27 Netherlands5.96
28 Belgium5.95
29 Germany5.90
30 France5.86
30 Slovakia5.86
32 Switzerland5.79
33 Austria5.71
33 India5.71

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -0.469016 X +9.377
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.142
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -25826.673490 X +199024.454
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -2.026965 X +91.135
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.094
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.376326 X -0.686
Correlation coefficient (r)0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -5.980578 X +47.706
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.280
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078