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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 help people in the country who are worse off than yourself?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye6.35
2 Spain6.28
3 Chile6.18
4 Slovenia6.02
5 Israel5.89
5 United States5.89
7 Iceland5.88
8 Australia5.81
9 Austria5.76
10 Lithuania5.61
11 Norway5.58
11 Switzerland5.58
13 Netherlands5.52
14 Denmark5.46
15 United Kingdom5.45
16 Germany5.44
17 Sweden 5.34
18 Poland5.32
19 Finland5.26
20 France5.22
20 Republic of Korea5.22
22 Belgium5.13
23 Slovakia5.12
24 Japan5.03
25 Czech Republic4.98
26 Hungary4.75

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.097101 X +7.301
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 3815.805232 X +27137.844
Correlation coefficient (r)0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.718969 X +76.824
Correlation coefficient (r)0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.210949 X +0.355
Correlation coefficient (r)0.248
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -3.585853 X +30.511
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.359
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.129