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Question: We are interested in the extent to which you have moved from one kind of place to another. Which do you think is most like your experience of life?
Choices: "I have lived in different countries" "I have lived in different places in the same country" "I have lived in different neighborhoods in the same place" "I have always lived in the same neighborhood"
Data: % of "I have lived in different countries"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland35.2%
2 New Zealand32.3%
3 Australia25.1%
4 Israel24.5%
5 Ireland24.3%
6 Portugal19.1%
7 United Kingdom18.0%
8 Germany16.3%
9 Norway15.5%
9 Sweden15.5%
11 Spain15.2%
12 United States15.0%
13 Austria14.6%
14 Denmark14.1%
14 France14.1%
16 Latvia12.9%
17 Finland11.6%
18 Italy11.1%
19 Netherlands10.8%
20 Slovenia10.0%
21 Slovakia5.7%
22 Poland5.2%
23 Chile3.9%
24 Belgium3.5%
24 Czech Republic3.5%
26 Hungary3.4%
27 Turkiye 3.3%
28 Mexico3.0%
29 Republic of Korea2.9%
30 Japan1.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 2.973805 X +6.301
Correlation coefficient (r)0.464
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.215

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 182245.025235 X +23036.056
Correlation coefficient (r)0.663
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.440

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 14.621638 X +78.856
Correlation coefficient (r)0.484
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.234

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 1.014879 X +1.403
Correlation coefficient (r)0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -5.711993 X +10.660
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017