Tweet
Question: How important do you personally think helping other people is in a job?
Choices: "Very important" "Important" "Neither important nor unimportant" "Not important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile 44.4%
2 Israel42.5%
3 United States42.1%
4 Mexico42.0%
5 Spain41.8%
6 Austria35.1%
7 Slovenia34.9%
8 New Zealand33.3%
9 Latvia29.5%
10 Belgium28.0%
10 Iceland28.0%
12 Switzerland27.4%
13 Denmark25.7%
14 Australia24.2%
15 Slovakia22.9%
16 United Kingdom22.1%
17 France21.6%
18 Poland21.2%
19 Sweden20.9%
20 Germany20.7%
20 Lithuania20.7%
22 Czech Republic20.6%
23 Finland20.4%
24 Hungary19.2%
25 Estonia17.7%
26 Norway17.6%
27 Japan11.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.199455 X +6.756
Correlation coefficient (r)0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -19926.657237 X +50230.052
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -4.764025 X +81.006
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.112
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 1.103707 X +1.336
Correlation coefficient (r)0.320
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -11.836746 X +13.874
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.318
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.101