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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%
6 Australia68.5%
6 Republic of Korea68.5%
8 Germany67.5%
9 Sweden55.8%

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 = -1.990225 X +8.102
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.352
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.124

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 40300.832692 X +22006.821
Correlation coefficient (r)0.210
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -15.771372 X +93.093
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.484
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.234

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.262027 X +1.690
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.064
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.263429 X +13.457
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002