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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:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia73.0%
2 Spain71.1%
3 Switzerland66.4%
4 Israel65.8%
5 United States58.7%
6 Hungary58.6%
7 Germany57.6%
8 Slovakia56.1%
9 Austria 55.8%
10 Mexico54.3%
11 France50.8%
12 Lithuania46.0%
13 Czech Republic44.8%
14 Australia43.0%
15 New Zealand40.4%
16 Finland38.9%
17 United Kingdom38.1%
18 Iceland36.6%
19 Sweden34.8%
20 Denmark34.2%
21 Japan19.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.779163 X +7.254
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.229
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -15280.476026 X +53810.271
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -5.995767 X +83.102
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.211
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.480743 X +1.427
Correlation coefficient (r)0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -5.222497 X +12.994
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041