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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:
1 Australia4.90
2 Canada4.89
3 United States4.83
4 Sweden4.78
5 Germany4.76
6 France 4.66
7 United Kingdom4.65
8 Japan4.59
9 Republic of Korea4.01

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 data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.150043 X +1.315
Correlation coefficient (r)0.742
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.551

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 37899.547580 X -126579.219
Correlation coefficient (r)0.722
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.521

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.720366 X +94.627
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.305
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.093

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.931119 X -2.848
Correlation coefficient (r)0.834
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.696

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -10.797165 X +62.323
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.703
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.494