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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 respect the country's political institutions and laws"
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 Canada96.5%
2 France 96.3%
2 Sweden96.3%
4 United States96.1%
5 Australia90.9%
6 Germany88.2%
7 United Kingdom86.5%
8 Republic of Korea77.6%
9 Japan67.2%

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 = 3.327891 X +3.749
Correlation coefficient (r)0.804
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.646

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 98120.346373 X -36158.275
Correlation coefficient (r)0.700
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.490

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -10.696379 X +91.367
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.449
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.202

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.019741 X -0.281
Correlation coefficient (r)0.677
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.458

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -12.738040 X +23.113
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.310
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.096