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Question: How important do you personally think helping other people is in a job?
Choices: "Very important" "Important" "Neither important nor unimportant" "Not important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela87.3%
2 Georgia47.0%
3 Suriname45.8%
4 Chile44.4%
5 Israel42.5%
6 United States42.1%
7 Mexico42.0%
8 Spain41.8%
9 South Africa36.5%
10 Austria35.1%
10 Philippines35.1%
12 Slovenia34.9%
13 India34.8%
14 New Zealand33.3%
15 Latvia29.5%
16 Belgium28.0%
16 Iceland28.0%
18 Switzerland27.4%
19 Denmark25.7%
20 Australia24.2%
21 Russian Federation23.9%
22 Slovakia22.9%
23 United Kingdom22.1%
24 France21.6%
25 Poland21.2%
26 Sweden20.9%
26 Taiwan20.9%
28 Germany20.7%
28 Lithuania20.7%
30 Czech Republic20.6%
31 Finland20.4%
32 Hungary19.2%
33 Croatia18.6%
34 Estonia17.7%
35 Norway17.6%
36 China16.0%
37 Japan 11.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 201 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -1.463506 X +6.940
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -55874.227477 X +52240.797
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.293
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -15.200870 X +81.994
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 1.436990 X +1.298
Correlation coefficient (r)0.500
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.250

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -7.821841 X +13.497
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.204
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042