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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 be active in social or political associations?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico4.94
2 Portugal4.81
3 United States4.62
4 Canada4.57
5 Israel4.52
5 Republic of Korea4.52
7 Spain4.46
8 France4.38
9 Chile4.36
10 Austria4.29
11 Australia4.26
12 Poland4.24
13 Switzerland4.20
14 Ireland4.13
15 Norway4.11
16 Netherlands4.06
17 Japan 3.85
18 Denmark3.82
19 New Zealand3.75
20 Germany3.71
21 Slovenia3.66
22 Latvia3.59
23 Slovakia3.46
24 Sweden3.43
25 United Kingdom3.41
26 Czech Republic3.36
27 Belgium3.31
28 Hungary3.12
29 Finland2.95

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 = -0.162654 X +7.417
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 3150.880035 X +34119.776
Correlation coefficient (r)0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.277552 X +79.194
Correlation coefficient (r)0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.009463 X +1.561
Correlation coefficient (r)0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.715196 X +17.238
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068