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Question: Thinking about what it means to be a good member of society, how important are the following aspects? - Following current events in other countries
Choices: "Very important" "Somewhat important" "Not too important" "Not at all important"
Data: % of "Very important"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States82.3%
2 Japan 70.1%
3 Spain57.7%
4 Germany54.5%
5 Italy51.6%
6 Sweden50.5%
7 Netherlands48.8%
8 Greece46.9%
9 United Kingdom46.7%
10 Canada44.0%
11 Belgium42.9%
12 France41.1%
13 Republic of Korea40.4%
14 Singapore38.7%
15 Malaysia38.2%
16 Australia33.9%
17 Hungary29.7%
18 Poland29.6%
19 Israel19.3%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 219 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 data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.334995 X +6.753
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.103
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 30002.775999 X +30198.733
Correlation coefficient (r)0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 2.311486 X +79.877
Correlation coefficient (r)0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -1.084897 X +2.044
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.360
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 4.639563 X +7.606
Correlation coefficient (r)0.157
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025