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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 respect the country's political institutions and laws"
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 Norway96.6%
2 Canada96.5%
3 Denmark96.3%
3 France96.3%
3 Sweden96.3%
6 Switzerland96.1%
6 United States96.1%
8 Netherlands93.3%
9 Venezuela93.0%
10 Portugal91.7%
11 Taiwan91.6%
12 Spain91.5%
13 Bulgaria91.1%
14 Australia90.9%
15 Chile90.8%
16 Philippines90.7%
17 New Zealand89.2%
18 Israel88.6%
19 Germany88.2%
20 Finland87.9%
21 Austria87.6%
22 Uruguay87.1%
23 United Kingdom86.5%
24 Hungary85.3%
25 Slovenia83.9%
26 Russian Federation82.5%
27 Poland82.4%
28 Latvia81.4%
29 Czech Republic80.9%
30 Ireland79.7%
31 South Africa79.5%
32 Republic of Korea77.6%
33 Slovakia67.5%
34 Japan 67.2%

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 = 3.100226 X +3.872
Correlation coefficient (r)0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 125604.599814 X -69289.763
Correlation coefficient (r)0.354
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 15.687001 X +64.903
Correlation coefficient (r)0.222
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.752259 X +1.003
Correlation coefficient (r)0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -23.187550 X +31.126
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.354
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125