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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - You should take care of yourself and your family first, before helping other people.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines88.4%
2 India78.7%
3 South Africa74.5%
4 Croatia74.3%
5 Thailand74.2%
6 Slovenia73.0%
7 Suriname72.3%
8 Spain71.1%
9 Switzerland66.4%
10 Israel65.8%
11 China65.3%
12 Taiwan59.9%
13 United States58.7%
14 Hungary58.6%
15 Germany57.6%
16 Slovakia 56.1%
17 Austria55.8%
18 Mexico54.3%
19 France50.8%
20 Russian Federation47.4%
21 Lithuania46.0%
22 Czech Republic44.8%
23 Australia43.0%
24 New Zealand40.4%
25 Finland38.9%
26 United Kingdom38.1%
27 Iceland36.6%
28 Sweden34.8%
29 Denmark34.2%
30 Japan19.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -2.520010 X +7.945
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.543
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.295

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -74913.450952 X +79722.935
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.473
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.224

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -16.996343 X +87.932
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.521
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.271

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 1.136160 X +1.022
Correlation coefficient (r)0.440
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.808439 X +11.844
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001