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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 = -70152.973323 X +100179.954
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.274
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -9.115644 X +87.385
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.294
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.176055 X +1.604
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.101
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

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