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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 have been born in the country"
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 Ireland85.9%
2 Poland81.5%
3 United Kingdom78.5%
4 Italy78.0%
4 Spain78.0%
6 Austria72.2%
7 Czech Republic69.4%
7 New Zealand69.4%
9 Slovenia69.1%
10 United States68.8%
11 Japan 68.5%
12 Hungary67.9%
13 Latvia66.3%
14 Slovakia65.3%
15 Norway62.2%
16 Australia55.7%
17 Germany52.6%
18 Netherlands52.1%
19 Sweden50.4%
20 Canada45.4%

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 = -1.614196 X +7.790
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.442
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.195

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -29388.427019 X +66939.702
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.127
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -5.650664 X +83.978
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.178
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.401263 X +1.816
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.263
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -7.997166 X +15.554
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094