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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 be able to speak the country's language"
Choices: "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important" "Fairly important"
Period:
Area:
32 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway97.5%
2 United Kingdom96.7%
3 France96.5%
4 Switzerland95.8%
5 Portugal95.6%
6 Czech Republic95.4%
6 Philippines95.4%
8 Hungary95.1%
8 Slovakia95.1%
10 Lithuania95.0%
11 Denmark94.8%
11 Germany94.8%
13 Iceland94.2%
13 Sweden94.2%
15 United States93.8%
16 Georgia93.2%
17 Spain91.9%
18 Estonia91.6%
19 Slovenia88.8%
20 Russian Federation88.4%
21 Republic of Korea87.2%
22 Turkiye86.8%
23 Belgium86.7%
24 Latvia85.8%
25 Finland85.3%
26 Mexico83.6%
27 Croatia83.1%
28 Israel76.5%
29 Japan 75.9%
30 Taiwan73.3%
31 India64.4%
32 Ireland34.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 206 countries.
Source
ISSP 2013

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 1.205098 X +5.427
Correlation coefficient (r)0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -30275.716980 X +65999.560
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.135
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 1.200721 X +77.251
Correlation coefficient (r)0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.405731 X +2.044
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.588068 X +11.278
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000