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Question: Have you donated money to a charity in the past month?
Choices: "Yes" "No"
Data: % of "Yes"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom67.7%
2 United States61.3%
3 Canada60.6%
4 Germany49.8%
5 France 36.0%
6 Italy35.6%
7 Japan16.9%

Source
Helliwell, J. F., Layard, R., Sachs, J. D., De Neve, J.-E., Aknin, L. B., & Wang, S. (Eds.). (2024) World Happiness Report 2024. University of Oxford: Wellbeing Research Centre.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.181668 X +6.041
Correlation coefficient (r)0.908
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.824

Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.440977 X +5.909
Correlation coefficient (r)0.900
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.810

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 66801.451069 X +21115.292
Correlation coefficient (r)0.719
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.517

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -8.444924 X +85.713
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.779
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.607

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.503392 X +1.177
Correlation coefficient (r)0.457
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.209

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -4.906291 X +12.358
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.243
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059