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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 been born in the country"
Choices: "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important" "Fairly important"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea80.5%
2 United States77.4%
3 Japan76.5%
4 Canada75.1%
5 United Kingdom73.4%
6 France 61.1%
7 Germany60.2%
8 Australia58.8%
9 Sweden48.2%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2003

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.761959 X +8.567
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.727
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.529

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -29954.349401 X +70922.443
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.233
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -4.734757 X +85.127
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.217
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.741991 X +2.687
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.637
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.406

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 14.820828 X +1.787
Correlation coefficient (r)0.394
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.155