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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:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain97.0%
2 Slovakia90.3%
3 Austria90.0%
4 South Africa89.8%
5 Bulgaria88.8%
6 Slovenia88.5%
7 Japan 88.3%
8 Czech Republic88.0%
9 Hungary87.5%
10 Chile85.7%
11 Portugal85.0%
11 Uruguay85.0%
13 Venezuela84.8%
14 Ireland83.5%
15 Philippines83.4%
16 Australia82.0%
16 Germany82.0%
18 Poland81.8%
19 Taiwan79.9%
20 United Kingdom79.8%
21 New Zealand79.4%
22 Republic of Korea78.6%
23 Israel77.5%
24 Canada77.0%
24 Finland77.0%
26 Switzerland76.0%
27 Latvia75.9%
28 Denmark75.6%
29 France73.9%
30 Sweden72.9%
31 Norway71.5%
32 United States68.8%
33 Netherlands67.4%
34 Russian Federation67.2%

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 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2003

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -3.588606 X +9.504
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.436
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.190

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -175108.888397 X +183002.385
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.469
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.220

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -13.091539 X +89.274
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.177
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.050769 X +1.703
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -13.763372 X +21.995
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.200
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040