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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" "I have lived in different places in the same country" "I have lived in different neighborhoods in the same place"
Period:
Area:
44 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland93.2%
2 New Zealand91.8%
3 Australia89.7%
4 United States88.2%
5 Norway87.4%
6 Finland87.1%
6 Sweden87.1%
8 France86.9%
9 Netherlands85.2%
10 Republic of Korea84.2%
11 Denmark82.5%
12 Kenya76.9%
13 Tanzania76.8%
14 United Kingdom76.3%
15 Israel73.4%
16 Spain73.2%
17 Uruguay72.9%
18 Latvia72.7%
19 Portugal71.9%
20 Ireland71.7%
21 Austria68.1%
22 Russian Federation67.2%
23 Turkiye66.7%
24 Croatia66.5%
24 Germany66.5%
26 Taiwan65.0%
27 Hungary 63.7%
28 Italy63.4%
29 Chile61.1%
30 Cyprus60.9%
31 Slovenia60.6%
32 Czech Republic60.3%
33 South Africa58.6%
34 Japan56.2%
35 Mexico55.9%
36 Poland54.8%
37 Sri Lanka53.9%
38 Belgium50.2%
39 Slovakia50.1%
40 Venezuela49.6%
41 Dominican Republic48.3%
42 Ukraine46.7%
43 Philippines43.0%
44 Indonesia38.0%

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 194 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = 2.729027 X +4.433
Correlation coefficient (r)0.444
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.197

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 117592.683497 X -44276.933
Correlation coefficient (r)0.641
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.411

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 17.620229 X +65.960
Correlation coefficient (r)0.445
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.198

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -0.473894 X +2.060
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.106
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 7.613236 X +4.974
Correlation coefficient (r)0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046