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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 have been born in the country"
Choices: "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important" "Fairly important"
Period:
Area:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines96.4%
2 Bulgaria87.6%
3 Ireland85.9%
4 Poland81.5%
5 United Kingdom78.5%
6 Italy78.0%
6 Spain78.0%
8 Austria72.2%
8 Russian Federation72.2%
10 Czech Republic69.4%
10 New Zealand69.4%
12 Slovenia69.1%
13 United States68.8%
14 Japan 68.5%
15 Hungary67.9%
16 Latvia66.3%
17 Slovakia65.3%
18 Norway62.2%
19 Australia55.7%
20 Germany52.6%
21 Netherlands52.1%
22 Sweden50.4%
23 Canada45.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 215 countries.
Source
ISSP 1995

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -2.303162 X +8.183
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.577
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.333
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -73177.165021 X +93256.867
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.344
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -17.576660 X +91.055
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.464
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.215
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 0.675993 X +1.130
Correlation coefficient (r)0.289
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -12.177856 X +18.644
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.380
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144