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Question: There are different opinions as to what it takes to be a good citizen. As far as you are concerned personally, how important is it - To help people in the rest of the world who are worse off than yourself?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico6.22
2 Chile6.07
3 Spain5.82
4 Portugal5.74
5 Ireland5.62
6 Poland5.44
7 Switzerland5.17
8 Slovakia5.14
9 Netherlands5.13
10 Austria 5.01
10 Denmark5.01
12 Slovenia4.94
13 Australia4.90
14 Canada4.89
15 United States4.83
16 Norway4.81
17 Sweden4.78
18 Germany4.76
19 Israel4.67
20 France4.66
21 United Kingdom4.65
22 Japan4.59
23 Belgium4.49
24 Latvia4.25
25 Czech Republic4.19
26 Finland4.14
27 New Zealand4.13
28 Republic of Korea4.01
29 Hungary3.83

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 9 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.068678 X +7.103
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.088
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1804.210533 X +55538.911
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.043
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.871060 X +84.565
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.003858 X +1.618
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.007
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -3.493147 X +27.475
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.608
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.370