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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 belong to the country's religion"
Choices: "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important" "Fairly important"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ireland54.4%
2 Austria54.2%
3 United States53.7%
4 Poland52.7%
5 Italy52.3%
6 Spain46.7%
7 Hungary35.9%
8 United Kingdom35.5%
9 Latvia35.4%
10 Slovenia33.8%
11 Australia31.5%
12 New Zealand30.2%
13 Germany30.0%
14 Slovakia27.0%
15 Japan 26.5%
16 Canada24.5%
17 Czech Republic22.2%
18 Norway21.4%
19 Sweden17.4%
20 Netherlands7.3%

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 = -1.181971 X +7.120
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.402
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -965.380032 X +47624.911
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.005
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -4.509995 X +81.762
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.177
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.431666 X +1.697
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.352
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.124

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -3.457613 X +11.404
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027