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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 rest of the world who are worse off than yourself?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela6.47
2 Brazil6.23
3 Mexico6.22
4 Chile6.07
5 Spain5.82
6 Portugal5.74
7 Uruguay5.73
8 Ireland5.62
9 Poland5.44
10 Cyprus5.31
11 South Africa5.26
12 Switzerland5.17
13 Slovakia5.14
14 Netherlands5.13
15 Philippines5.10
16 Austria5.01
16 Denmark5.01
18 Slovenia4.94
19 Australia4.90
20 Canada4.89
21 Bulgaria4.83
21 United States4.83
23 Norway4.81
24 Sweden4.78
25 Germany4.76
25 Taiwan4.76
27 Israel4.67
28 France4.66
29 United Kingdom4.65
30 Japan4.59
31 Belgium4.49
32 Latvia4.25
33 Czech Republic4.19
34 Russian Federation4.15
35 Finland 4.14
36 New Zealand4.13
37 Republic of Korea4.01
38 Hungary3.83

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 200 countries.
Source
ISSP 2004

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -0.297094 X +8.062
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.275
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -9326.700319 X +85207.759
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -1.238248 X +85.298
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 0.143555 X +0.927
Correlation coefficient (r)0.255
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -4.816328 X +36.937
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.524
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.275