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Question: Which of these two statements comes closer to your own view?
Choices: "It is essential that my country remains one" "Parts of my country should be allowed to become fully separate if they choose to"
Data: % of "It is essential that my country remains one"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia94.6%
2 United States94.4%
3 Japan 90.9%
4 Sweden90.3%
5 Germany86.8%
6 Italy84.3%
7 Canada75.8%
8 United Kingdom70.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. 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 = -0.067602 X +6.937
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.014
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 58310.823650 X +2120.877
Correlation coefficient (r)0.442
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.195

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.765548 X +81.005
Correlation coefficient (r)0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.419316 X +1.134
Correlation coefficient (r)0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 26.151063 X -10.301
Correlation coefficient (r)0.684
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.468