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Question: How close do you feel to your town or city?
Choices: "Very close" "Close" "Not very close" "Not close at all"
Data: % of "Very close" "Close"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain92.4%
2 Japan 87.7%
3 Czech Republic87.4%
4 Latvia85.3%
5 Slovakia84.7%
6 Austria84.0%
7 Hungary83.8%
8 Ireland83.1%
9 Slovenia82.3%
10 Italy81.6%
11 Canada76.1%
12 New Zealand75.9%
13 Australia75.3%
14 Poland74.6%
15 Germany72.3%
16 Netherlands71.5%
17 Norway69.6%
18 Sweden66.0%
19 United States60.4%
20 United Kingdom55.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 1995

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -2.190490 X +8.407
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.520
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.270

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -115968.170081 X +137136.940
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.435
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.189

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -3.005011 X +82.528
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.082
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.465808 X +1.908
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.730981 X +11.548
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.058
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003