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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 - To help people in the country who are worse off than yourself?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela6.64
2 Uruguay6.49
3 Chile6.47
4 Brazil6.46
5 Mexico6.45
6 Israel6.23
7 Philippines6.15
8 Portugal6.13
9 Spain6.05
10 United States6.03
11 Ireland6.01
12 South Africa5.97
13 Austria5.95
14 Poland5.89
15 Australia5.83
16 Canada5.78
17 Slovenia5.72
18 Taiwan5.71
19 Cyprus5.66
20 Switzerland5.58
21 Denmark5.56
22 Norway5.53
23 Germany5.51
24 Slovakia5.46
25 Netherlands5.43
26 Latvia5.41
27 Republic of Korea5.40
28 France5.38
29 Bulgaria5.37
30 Russian Federation5.31
31 New Zealand5.29
32 United Kingdom5.25
33 Finland5.14
34 Belgium5.13
34 Sweden5.13
36 Japan 5.11
37 Hungary4.83
38 Czech Republic4.61

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 200 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -0.215735 X +7.806
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.184
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -10864.059109 X +101016.552
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.201
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -3.150433 X +96.323
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.288
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.083

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 0.234680 X +0.321
Correlation coefficient (r)0.296
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -2.867336 X +26.727
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.281
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.079