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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - You should take care of yourself and your family first, before helping other people.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States58.7%
2 Germany57.6%
3 France 50.8%
4 Australia43.0%
5 United Kingdom38.1%
6 Sweden34.8%
7 Japan19.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.797030 X +6.407
Correlation coefficient (r)0.277
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 58995.665000 X +27009.733
Correlation coefficient (r)0.565
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.319

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -14.092245 X +87.684
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.726
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.527

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.783420 X +1.275
Correlation coefficient (r)0.659
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.434

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.264313 X +11.286
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004