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Question: How close do you feel to your town or city?
Choices: "Very close" "Close" "Not very close" "Not close at all"
Data: % of "Very close" "Close"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan88.3%
2 Australia82.0%
2 Germany82.0%
4 United Kingdom79.8%
5 Republic of Korea78.6%
6 Canada77.0%
7 France 73.9%
8 Sweden72.9%
9 United States68.8%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2003

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -3.228188 X +9.214
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.446
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.199

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -140421.034219 X +160311.348
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.572
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.327

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 25.442655 X +62.029
Correlation coefficient (r)0.610
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.372

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.805355 X +2.915
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.346
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -12.097948 X +21.306
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.168
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028