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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:
44 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 Cyprus15.7%
10 Norway15.5%
10 Sweden15.5%
12 Spain15.2%
13 United States15.0%
14 Austria14.6%
15 Denmark14.1%
15 France14.1%
17 Croatia14.0%
18 Latvia12.9%
19 Finland11.6%
20 Italy11.1%
21 Netherlands10.8%
22 Slovenia10.0%
23 Uruguay7.6%
24 Ukraine6.2%
25 Slovakia5.7%
26 Poland5.2%
26 Russian Federation5.2%
28 Taiwan4.6%
29 South Africa4.5%
30 Chile3.9%
31 Venezuela3.6%
32 Belgium3.5%
32 Czech Republic3.5%
34 Hungary3.4%
35 Turkiye3.3%
36 Mexico3.0%
37 Kenya2.9%
37 Republic of Korea2.9%
39 Tanzania2.6%
40 Philippines2.2%
41 Sri Lanka1.9%
42 Dominican Republic1.6%
43 Japan 1.1%
44 Indonesia0.6%

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 = 5.732792 X +5.692
Correlation coefficient (r)0.550
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.303

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = 228276.061790 X +10093.894
Correlation coefficient (r)0.722
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.521

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 42.049645 X +72.797
Correlation coefficient (r)0.585
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.342

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -1.552650 X +1.957
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -5.037135 X +10.716
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007