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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:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile6.47
2 Mexico6.45
3 Israel6.23
4 Portugal6.13
5 Spain6.05
6 United States6.03
7 Ireland6.01
8 Austria5.95
9 Poland5.89
10 Australia5.83
11 Canada5.78
12 Slovenia5.72
13 Switzerland 5.58
14 Denmark5.56
15 Norway5.53
16 Germany5.51
17 Slovakia5.46
18 Netherlands5.43
19 Latvia5.41
20 Republic of Korea5.40
21 France5.38
22 New Zealand5.29
23 United Kingdom5.25
24 Finland5.14
25 Belgium5.13
25 Sweden5.13
27 Japan5.11
28 Hungary4.83
29 Czech Republic4.61

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 = -0.061475 X +7.111
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 871.976334 X +41831.585
Correlation coefficient (r)0.016
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.905789 X +85.372
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.114
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.124553 X +0.902
Correlation coefficient (r)0.168
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -3.119643 X +27.842
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.412
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.170