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Question: We are interested in the extent to which you have moved from one kind of place to another. Which do you think is most like your experience of life?
Choices: "I have lived in different countries" "I have lived in different places in the same country" "I have lived in different neighborhoods in the same place" "I have always lived in the same neighborhood"
Data: % of "I have lived in different countries" "I have lived in different places in the same country" "I have lived in different neighborhoods in the same place"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland93.2%
2 New Zealand91.8%
3 Australia89.7%
4 United States88.2%
5 Norway87.4%
6 Finland87.1%
6 Sweden87.1%
8 France86.9%
9 Netherlands85.2%
10 Republic of Korea84.2%
11 Denmark82.5%
12 United Kingdom76.3%
13 Israel73.4%
14 Spain73.2%
15 Latvia72.7%
16 Portugal71.9%
17 Ireland71.7%
18 Austria68.1%
19 Turkiye66.7%
20 Germany66.5%
21 Hungary63.7%
22 Italy63.4%
23 Chile 61.1%
24 Slovenia60.6%
25 Czech Republic60.3%
26 Japan56.2%
27 Mexico55.9%
28 Poland54.8%
29 Belgium50.2%
30 Slovakia50.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 2.022074 X +5.218
Correlation coefficient (r)0.471
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.222

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 118366.056745 X -41206.647
Correlation coefficient (r)0.611
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.373

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 13.003804 X +70.717
Correlation coefficient (r)0.473
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.224

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.022033 X +1.587
Correlation coefficient (r)0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 5.987491 X +5.565
Correlation coefficient (r)0.207
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043