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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 rest of the world 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 Venezuela6.47
2 Brazil6.23
3 Mexico6.22
4 Chile6.07
5 Spain5.82
6 Portugal5.74
7 Uruguay5.73
8 Ireland5.62
9 Poland5.44
10 Cyprus5.31
11 South Africa5.26
12 Switzerland5.17
13 Slovakia5.14
14 Netherlands5.13
15 Philippines5.10
16 Austria5.01
16 Denmark5.01
18 Slovenia4.94
19 Australia4.90
20 Canada4.89
21 Bulgaria4.83
21 United States4.83
23 Norway4.81
24 Sweden4.78
25 Germany4.76
25 Taiwan4.76
27 Israel4.67
28 France4.66
29 United Kingdom4.65
30 Japan 4.59
31 Belgium4.49
32 Latvia4.25
33 Czech Republic4.19
34 Russian Federation4.15
35 Finland4.14
36 New Zealand4.13
37 Republic of Korea4.01
38 Hungary3.83

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 = -0.171559 X +7.436
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.196
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -8488.467134 X +81630.681
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.210
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -1.963181 X +88.228
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 0.073755 X +1.286
Correlation coefficient (r)0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -3.511748 X +27.983
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.459
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.211