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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:
32 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines96.0%
2 India93.0%
3 Russian Federation87.4%
4 Slovakia84.7%
5 Mexico84.4%
5 Turkiye84.4%
7 Czech Republic83.8%
8 Republic of Korea82.2%
9 Hungary81.6%
10 Ireland80.4%
11 Portugal79.3%
12 Lithuania78.1%
13 United Kingdom77.5%
14 Spain72.8%
15 Latvia70.1%
16 Japan69.3%
17 Georgia68.3%
18 Belgium66.3%
19 United States65.5%
20 France64.4%
21 Croatia61.6%
22 Taiwan61.2%
23 Norway60.4%
24 Finland59.3%
25 Denmark58.9%
26 Iceland57.5%
27 Germany 57.4%
28 Slovenia56.4%
29 Israel54.3%
30 Estonia53.7%
31 Switzerland52.9%
32 Sweden41.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 206 countries.

Source
ISSP 2013

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -4.253496 X +9.458
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.646
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.417

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -110591.075318 X +116202.573
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.563
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.317

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -18.284849 X +91.934
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.618
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.382

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.301156 X +1.455
Correlation coefficient (r)0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -4.326325 X +16.608
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.094
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009