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Question: Indicate how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. "People who are better off should help friends who are less well off"
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Austria84.2%
2 Chile79.3%
3 Slovenia77.8%
4 Poland75.5%
5 Spain73.0%
6 Israel72.6%
7 Switzerland69.3%
8 Hungary63.7%
9 United States59.0%
10 Norway58.6%
11 Italy57.6%
12 Germany54.3%
13 Canada50.9%
14 Czech Republic49.4%
15 Australia47.0%
16 Finland45.0%
17 Latvia43.5%
18 Denmark38.6%
19 France35.0%
20 United Kingdom34.5%
21 New Zealand33.5%
22 Japan 20.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.275091 X +7.016
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -16005.368301 X +55232.393
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -3.254531 X +82.627
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.221
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.173832 X +1.480
Correlation coefficient (r)0.092
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -1.748077 X +13.531
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006