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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States59.0%
2 Italy57.6%
3 Germany54.3%
4 Canada50.9%
5 Australia47.0%
6 France 35.0%
7 United Kingdom34.5%
8 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.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.061436 X +6.167
Correlation coefficient (r)0.455
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.207

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 56939.584465 X +24557.214
Correlation coefficient (r)0.523
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.274

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -9.468282 X +85.908
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.520
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.270

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.066502 X +1.509
Correlation coefficient (r)0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -3.021800 X +11.039
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017