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Question: Which of these two statements comes closer to your own view?
Choices: "It is essential that my country remains one" "Parts of my country should be allowed to become fully separate if they choose to"
Data: % of "It is essential that my country remains one"
Period:
Area:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia97.9%
2 Canada96.8%
3 Japan90.6%
4 France 88.9%
5 Republic of Korea75.1%

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 5 countries.

Source
ISSP 2003

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 4.018872 X +2.925
Correlation coefficient (r)0.788
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.621

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 123134.061156 X -64953.667
Correlation coefficient (r)0.803
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.645

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.817350 X +84.853
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.201
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 3.264305 X -1.519
Correlation coefficient (r)0.748
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.560

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -45.258632 X +53.597
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.877
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.769