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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%
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.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.314799 X +6.804
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.118
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 41365.715331 X +21736.776
Correlation coefficient (r)0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -4.396409 X +84.596
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.227
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.290185 X +1.678
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.149
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 4.135776 X +6.561
Correlation coefficient (r)0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018