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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 - Never to try to evade taxes?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan6.44
2 United States6.40
3 Canada6.35
4 United Kingdom6.31
5 Portugal6.25
5 Republic of Korea6.25
7 Israel6.22
8 Australia6.19
9 Chile 6.17
10 Slovakia6.12
11 New Zealand6.09
11 Spain6.09
13 Poland6.03
14 Ireland6.02
15 Mexico5.98
16 Denmark5.92
17 Finland5.89
18 Hungary5.88
19 France5.79
20 Germany5.78
21 Latvia5.77
22 Sweden5.71
23 Slovenia5.70
23 Switzerland5.70
25 Norway5.67
26 Austria5.65
27 Czech Republic5.63
28 Netherlands5.48
29 Belgium5.26

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 = -0.580147 X +10.222
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -12487.717866 X +121095.082
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.079585 X +79.829
Correlation coefficient (r)0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.095318 X +2.167
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.082
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.111066 X +17.002
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.094
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009