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Question: Indicate how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. "You should take care of yourself and your family first, before helping other people"
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States83.3%
2 Italy80.6%
3 Canada72.3%
4 United Kingdom71.7%
5 Japan69.3%
6 Australia68.9%
7 France 62.3%
8 Germany51.2%

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 = -0.384054 X +6.912
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 36927.638233 X +24256.617
Correlation coefficient (r)0.252
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -7.450410 X +86.874
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.303
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.658926 X +2.000
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.332
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.864422 X +6.981
Correlation coefficient (r)0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015