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Question: Indicate how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. "People who are better off should help friends who are less well off"
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States59.0%
2 Italy57.6%
3 Germany54.3%
4 Canada50.9%
5 France 35.0%
6 United Kingdom34.5%
7 Japan20.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.920833 X +6.185
Correlation coefficient (r)0.571
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.326

Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.986489 X +6.144
Correlation coefficient (r)0.497
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.247

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 69743.889959 X +21351.042
Correlation coefficient (r)0.606
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.367

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -7.433938 X +85.067
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.553
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.306

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.025074 X +1.402
Correlation coefficient (r)0.018
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -12.244379 X +15.512
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.490
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.240