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Question: How close do you feel to your town or city?
Choices: "Very close" "Close" "Not very close" "Not close at all"
Data: % of "Very close" "Close"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 87.7%
2 Italy81.6%
3 Canada76.1%
4 Australia75.3%
5 Germany72.3%
6 Sweden66.0%
7 United States60.4%
8 United Kingdom55.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1995

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.569172 X +8.725
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.649
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.421

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -60324.569467 X +95560.619
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.556
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.309

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 14.336785 X +71.360
Correlation coefficient (r)0.719
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.517

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.078468 X +2.269
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.769
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.591

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.731524 X +11.637
Correlation coefficient (r)0.023
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001