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Question: Thinking about what it means to be a good member of society, how important are the following aspects? - Following what is happening in politics in (survey country)
Choices: "Very important" "Somewhat important" "Not too important" "Not at all important"
Data: % of "Very important"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States88.6%
2 Japan77.0%
3 Republic of Korea64.2%
4 Italy 60.9%
5 Spain60.0%
6 Germany59.7%
7 Sweden58.5%
8 Canada57.4%
9 Greece56.1%
10 United Kingdom52.1%
11 France44.9%
11 Hungary44.9%
13 Netherlands43.1%
14 Australia42.5%
15 Belgium39.8%
16 Israel36.8%
17 Poland33.8%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 21 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2022. For the United States, Pew Research Center "American Trends Panel Wave 105" March 2022.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -1.055957 X +7.214
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.323
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 25018.040476 X +32256.763
Correlation coefficient (r)0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 0.899597 X +80.848
Correlation coefficient (r)0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -1.073424 X +2.083
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 8.190733 X +5.526
Correlation coefficient (r)0.268
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072