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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 lived in the country for most of one's life"
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 United States81.1%
2 Canada79.6%
3 Japan73.7%
4 United Kingdom72.7%
5 France 70.7%
8 Germany67.5%

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 data6
Regression equation
Y = 1.244425 X +5.703
Correlation coefficient (r)0.222
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 177638.621785 X -79035.297
Correlation coefficient (r)0.586
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.343

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -20.957908 X +96.838
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.350663 X +1.774
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 36.141120 X -16.508
Correlation coefficient (r)0.687
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.472