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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:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico6.22
2 Chile6.07
3 Spain5.82
4 Portugal5.74
5 Ireland5.62
6 Poland5.44
7 Switzerland5.17
8 Slovakia5.14
9 Netherlands5.13
10 Austria5.01
10 Denmark5.01
12 Slovenia4.94
13 Australia4.90
14 Canada4.89
15 United States4.83
16 Norway4.81
17 Sweden4.78
18 Germany4.76
19 Israel4.67
20 France4.66
21 United Kingdom4.65
22 Japan 4.59
23 Belgium4.49
24 Latvia4.25
25 Czech Republic4.19
26 Finland4.14
27 New Zealand4.13
28 Republic of Korea4.01
29 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 9 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.167845 X +7.636
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -2772.111826 X +59884.274
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.338662 X +82.309
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.056734 X +1.299
Correlation coefficient (r)0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -4.552376 X +35.429
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.579
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.335