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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 be able to speak the country's language"
Choices: "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important" "Fairly important"
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway97.5%
2 United Kingdom96.7%
3 France96.5%
4 Switzerland95.8%
5 Portugal95.6%
6 Czech Republic95.4%
7 Hungary95.1%
7 Slovakia95.1%
9 Lithuania95.0%
10 Denmark94.8%
10 Germany94.8%
12 Iceland94.2%
12 Sweden94.2%
14 United States93.8%
15 Spain91.9%
16 Estonia91.6%
17 Slovenia88.8%
18 Republic of Korea87.2%
19 Turkiye86.8%
20 Belgium86.7%
21 Latvia85.8%
22 Finland 85.3%
23 Mexico83.6%
24 Israel76.5%
25 Japan75.9%
26 Ireland34.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 2013

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.104424 X +6.599
Correlation coefficient (r)0.022
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -56614.985270 X +95777.980
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -3.638578 X +82.986
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.115
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.496059 X +2.068
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.171
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 2.529802 X +8.439
Correlation coefficient (r)0.072
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005