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There are different opinions as to what it takes to be a good citizen. As far as you are concerned personally on a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 is not at all important and 7 is very important, how important is it… I. To help people in the rest of the world who are worse off than yourself
Importance of helping worse-off people worldwide · Asked in 2 waves, 2004–2014 · 2,736 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Not at all important | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Very important | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 1,264 |
| General Social Survey 2004 | 2004-08-18 to 2005-01-04 | face to face | 2,812 | 1,472 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| 7% |
| 7% |
| 10% |
| 20% |
| 21% |
| 13% |
| 21% |
| 1264 |
| ±3 |
| Protestant | 6% | 7% | 9% | 20% | 21% | 12% | 24% | 636 | ±5 |
| Catholic | 4% | 8% | 14% | 18% | 20% | 13% | 23% | 290 | ±7 |
| Jewish † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | ±25 |
| Other faith † | 6% | 1% | 3% | 18% | 22% | 30% | 20% | 51 | ±15 |
| None | 11% | 7% | 11% | 20% | 22% | 13% | 15% | 259 | ±7 |
General Social Survey 2014 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.