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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:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovakia84.7%
2 Mexico84.4%
2 Turkiye84.4%
4 Czech Republic83.8%
5 Republic of Korea82.2%
6 Hungary81.6%
7 Ireland80.4%
8 Portugal79.3%
9 Lithuania78.1%
10 United Kingdom77.5%
11 Spain72.8%
12 Latvia70.1%
13 Japan 69.3%
14 Belgium66.3%
15 United States65.5%
16 France64.4%
17 Norway60.4%
18 Finland59.3%
19 Denmark58.9%
20 Iceland57.5%
21 Germany57.4%
22 Slovenia56.4%
23 Israel54.3%
24 Estonia53.7%
25 Switzerland52.9%
26 Sweden41.0%

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 = -3.050621 X +8.776
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.627
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.393

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -104449.547355 X +116861.987
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.480
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.230

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -16.036406 X +90.712
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.505
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.255

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.728198 X +2.125
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -2.879641 X +12.654
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.081
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007