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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 try to understand the reasoning of people with other opinions?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico6.09
2 Canada5.99
3 Portugal5.97
4 Australia5.91
5 Israel5.90
6 Netherlands5.87
7 United States5.82
8 Ireland5.81
9 Denmark5.80
9 Spain5.80
11 Switzerland5.78
12 Chile5.73
12 Sweden5.73
14 New Zealand5.71
15 Austria5.69
16 France5.68
16 Norway5.68
18 United Kingdom5.65
19 Republic of Korea5.63
20 Poland5.58
21 Slovenia5.57
22 Germany5.54
23 Belgium5.52
24 Slovakia5.48
25 Finland5.45
26 Japan 5.30
27 Hungary5.22
28 Latvia5.20
29 Czech Republic4.80

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 = 0.460349 X +4.165
Correlation coefficient (r)0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 29653.734524 X -120883.382
Correlation coefficient (r)0.318
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.101

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 3.157230 X +62.460
Correlation coefficient (r)0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.150146 X +0.751
Correlation coefficient (r)0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -4.625347 X +36.525
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.362
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.131