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Question: We are interested in the extent to which you have moved from one kind of place to another. Which do you think is most like your experience of life?
Choices: "I have lived in different countries" "I have lived in different places in the same country" "I have lived in different neighborhoods in the same place" "I have always lived in the same neighborhood"
Data: % of "I have lived in different countries"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia25.1%
2 United Kingdom18.0%
3 Germany16.3%
4 Sweden15.5%
5 United States15.0%
6 France 14.1%
7 Italy11.1%
8 Republic of Korea2.9%
9 Japan1.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 4.802437 X +5.992
Correlation coefficient (r)0.832
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.692

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 139799.061672 X +29752.035
Correlation coefficient (r)0.686
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.471

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -10.796822 X +83.362
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.330
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.109

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 3.166553 X +1.065
Correlation coefficient (r)0.748
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.560

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -27.857056 X +14.871
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.425
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181