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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 lived in the country for most of one's life"
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 Philippines91.5%
2 Italy84.3%
3 Spain83.0%
4 Poland82.9%
5 Ireland82.3%
6 Bulgaria81.4%
6 Latvia81.4%
8 Russian Federation80.5%
9 Austria79.4%
9 Czech Republic79.4%
11 Slovenia77.1%
12 Slovakia76.8%
13 United Kingdom75.5%
14 Hungary75.2%
15 United States73.1%
16 Norway71.4%
17 New Zealand71.3%
18 Japan 68.1%
19 Germany64.9%
20 Sweden63.0%
21 Australia61.9%
22 Netherlands59.3%
23 Canada52.1%

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 = -3.050001 X +8.862
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.571
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.326
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -123416.978745 X +134630.066
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.433
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -27.632935 X +99.492
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.545
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.297
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 0.738936 X +1.047
Correlation coefficient (r)0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -9.600200 X +17.370
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.224
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050