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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 lived in the country for most of one's life"
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 Italy84.3%
2 Spain83.0%
3 Poland82.9%
4 Ireland82.3%
5 Latvia81.4%
6 Austria79.4%
6 Czech Republic79.4%
8 Slovenia77.1%
9 Slovakia76.8%
10 United Kingdom75.5%
11 Hungary75.2%
12 United States73.1%
13 Norway71.4%
14 New Zealand71.3%
15 Japan 68.1%
16 Germany64.9%
17 Sweden63.0%
18 Australia61.9%
19 Netherlands59.3%
20 Canada52.1%

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 = -2.235810 X +8.345
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.501
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.251

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -81747.423705 X +107064.316
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.289
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -15.134442 X +91.266
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.390
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.152

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.369213 X +1.817
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.198
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -6.492418 X +14.954
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041