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Question: Thinking about what it means to be a good member of society, how important are the following aspects? - Following current events in other countries
Choices: "Very important" "Somewhat important" "Not too important" "Not at all important"
Data: % of "Very important"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States 82.3%
2 Japan70.1%
3 Germany54.5%
4 Italy51.6%
5 Sweden50.5%
6 United Kingdom46.7%
7 Canada44.0%
8 France41.1%
9 Republic of Korea40.4%
10 Australia33.9%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2022. For the United States, Pew Research Center "American Trends Panel Wave 105" March 2022.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -0.607775 X +6.968
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 25851.441199 X +35614.523
Correlation coefficient (r)0.262
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -9.155706 X +86.716
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.582
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.339

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 0.114237 X +1.420
Correlation coefficient (r)0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 2.209058 X +9.962
Correlation coefficient (r)0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005