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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 the country's ancestry"
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 Korea73.3%
2 Japan72.1%
3 United States55.2%
4 Canada54.5%
5 Germany51.5%
5 United Kingdom51.5%
7 France 49.2%
8 Australia37.7%
9 Sweden30.0%

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 = -2.871114 X +8.207
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.955
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.912

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -59394.551383 X +81927.235
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.583
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.340

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.241858 X +81.256
Correlation coefficient (r)0.072
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.661058 X +2.381
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.767
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.588

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 13.952597 X +4.488
Correlation coefficient (r)0.468
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.219