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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:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela97.8%
2 Chile90.8%
3 Uruguay90.3%
4 Philippines90.1%
5 Bulgaria89.0%
6 Portugal88.5%
7 Spain86.7%
8 South Africa86.4%
9 Russian Federation85.0%
10 Israel83.4%
10 Poland83.4%
12 Czech Republic81.9%
13 United States81.1%
14 Latvia81.0%
15 Canada79.6%
16 Ireland77.8%
17 Austria77.6%
18 New Zealand77.0%
19 Hungary76.6%
20 Japan 73.7%
21 Taiwan73.4%
22 Denmark73.2%
23 Slovenia72.9%
24 United Kingdom72.7%
25 Norway72.3%
26 France70.7%
27 Australia68.5%
27 Republic of Korea68.5%
29 Germany67.5%
30 Switzerland66.3%
31 Finland65.2%
32 Slovakia63.9%
33 Netherlands56.2%
34 Sweden55.8%

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 = -3.511549 X +9.302
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.594
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.353
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -139735.442191 X +148741.232
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.521
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.271
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -29.649889 X +101.566
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.558
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.311
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 1.149671 X +0.773
Correlation coefficient (r)0.285
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -6.918080 X +16.166
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020