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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 Japan4.72
3 United States4.68
5 Germany4.61
6 United Kingdom4.47
7 France 4.42

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.134311 X +11.768
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.508
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.258

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 25173.020528 X -62639.434
Correlation coefficient (r)0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -3.841642 X +98.875
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.054252 X +6.378
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.679
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.461

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 16.303519 X -64.360
Correlation coefficient (r)0.693
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.480