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Question: How close do you feel to your town or city?
Choices: "Very close" "Close" "Not very close" "Not close at all"
Data: % of "Very close" "Close"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain97.0%
2 Slovakia90.3%
3 Austria90.0%
4 Slovenia88.5%
5 Japan88.3%
6 Czech Republic88.0%
7 Hungary87.5%
8 Chile85.7%
9 Portugal85.0%
10 Ireland83.5%
11 Australia82.0%
11 Germany82.0%
13 Poland81.8%
14 United Kingdom79.8%
15 New Zealand79.4%
16 Republic of Korea78.6%
17 Israel77.5%
18 Canada77.0%
18 Finland77.0%
20 Switzerland 76.0%
21 Latvia75.9%
22 Denmark75.6%
23 France73.9%
24 Sweden72.9%
25 Norway71.5%
26 United States68.8%
27 Netherlands67.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2003

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -3.533488 X +9.620
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.519
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.269

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -169315.525979 X +186325.456
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.509
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.259

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -2.142702 X +82.701
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.062
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.784620 X +2.150
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -10.832863 X +19.192
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.230
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053