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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 belong to the country's religion"
Choices: "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important" "Fairly important"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States53.7%
2 Italy52.3%
3 United Kingdom35.5%
4 Australia31.5%
5 Germany30.0%
6 Japan 26.5%
7 Canada24.5%
8 Sweden17.4%

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 = -0.881626 X +7.178
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.268
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2834.332340 X +53171.422
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -9.477809 X +84.878
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.572
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.327

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.234268 X +1.573
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.201
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -7.900205 X +14.843
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.302
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091