Greater income and financial well-being are associated with higher prosocial preferences and behaviors across 76 countries.

ABSTRACT: Prosocial preferences and behaviors-defined as those that benefit others-are essential for health, well-being, and a society that can effectively respond to global challenges. Identifying factors that may increase or decrease them is therefore critical. Wealth, in the form of income or subjective financial well-being (FWB), may be crucial in determining prosociality. In addition, individuals' experience of precarity (inability to meet basic needs) or country-specific factors could change how wealth correlates with prosociality, yet this impact is unknown. Here, we tested how self-reported household income (HHI) and FWB were associated with seven measures of prosociality in a global, representative sample of 80,337 people across 76 countries. We show a consistent positive association betwee

SUBMITTER: Vanags P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11792073 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature