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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 Switzerland5.58
14 Denmark 5.56
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 = -0.181530 X +7.831
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.149
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1677.994285 X +55711.403
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.033
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.226474 X +81.919
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.039
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.191687 X +0.504
Correlation coefficient (r)0.268
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -4.532479 X +38.520
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.438
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.192