Tweet
Question: Some people say that the following things are important for being truly their national. Others say they are not important. How important do you think each of the following is? "to have been born in the country"
Choices: "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important" "Fairly important"
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovakia84.7%
2 Mexico84.4%
2 Turkiye 84.4%
4 Czech Republic83.8%
5 Republic of Korea82.2%
6 Hungary81.6%
7 Ireland80.4%
8 Portugal79.3%
9 Lithuania78.1%
10 United Kingdom77.5%
11 Spain72.8%
12 Latvia70.1%
13 Japan69.3%
14 Belgium66.3%
15 United States65.5%
16 France64.4%
17 Norway60.4%
18 Finland59.3%
19 Denmark58.9%
20 Iceland57.5%
21 Germany57.4%
22 Slovenia56.4%
23 Israel54.3%
24 Estonia53.7%
25 Switzerland52.9%
26 Sweden41.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 2013

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -3.050621 X +8.776
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.627
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.393

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -99532.924106 X +115321.882
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.479
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.229

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -9.908315 X +87.163
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.425
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.398667 X +1.815
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -2.879641 X +12.654
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.081
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007