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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 feel the country's nationality"
Choices: "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important" "Fairly important"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria98.8%
2 Venezuela97.8%
3 Uruguay97.2%
4 Hungary97.1%
5 Poland97.0%
6 Chile96.4%
6 Philippines96.4%
8 Portugal93.4%
9 Australia92.8%
10 Taiwan92.3%
11 Russian Federation92.2%
12 France92.0%
12 Republic of Korea92.0%
12 United States92.0%
15 Canada91.9%
16 New Zealand91.3%
17 Slovenia90.6%
18 Denmark90.0%
19 Latvia89.2%
20 Austria88.5%
21 Czech Republic88.3%
21 Spain88.3%
23 Japan 87.6%
23 South Africa87.6%
25 Ireland87.4%
26 Israel87.0%
27 Finland86.9%
28 Norway84.3%
29 Netherlands83.2%
30 Sweden82.2%
31 United Kingdom79.4%
32 Switzerland75.2%
33 Slovakia73.8%
34 Germany73.7%

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 = -3.634427 X +9.834
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.405
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.164
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -188125.954637 X +208729.153
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.463
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.214
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -27.545829 X +103.196
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.341
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.335668 X +1.363
Correlation coefficient (r)0.055
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 2.086158 X +8.958
Correlation coefficient (r)0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001