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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States42.1%
2 Australia24.2%
3 United Kingdom22.1%
4 France 21.6%
5 Sweden20.9%
6 Germany20.7%
7 Japan11.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.362666 X +6.435
Correlation coefficient (r)0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 137497.184249 X +20560.083
Correlation coefficient (r)0.885
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.783

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -25.917879 X +87.613
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.897
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.805

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.848949 X +1.417
Correlation coefficient (r)0.480
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.230

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 12.015442 X +7.944
Correlation coefficient (r)0.424
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.180