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Most research on the effects of giving has focused on people from Western cultures. However, there is an emerging cross‐cultural literature that suggests people from all over the world experience the joy of giving and volunteering. Studies have examined between 136 to 142 countries worldwide, and confirmed that in most cultures, volunteering is associated with higher well‐being (86 percent of cultures studied) and better physical health (88 percent of cultures studied) and donating to charity is associated with higher well‐being (90 percent). These results are found even in poor countries where resources are scarcer, and even in an isolated rural village with limited Western influence on a South Pacific Ocean island. They are also not explained by demographic differences in givers compared to nongivers.