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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 Canada4.89
3 United States4.83
5 Germany4.76
6 France 4.66
7 United Kingdom4.65
8 Japan4.59

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 1.886053 X -2.294
Correlation coefficient (r)0.747
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.558

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 95428.189911 X -398573.172
Correlation coefficient (r)0.700
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.490

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -13.545994 X +145.356
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.713
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.508

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.054896 X +1.773
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 6.142433 X -18.739
Correlation coefficient (r)0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068