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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy84.3%
2 United Kingdom75.5%
3 United States73.1%
4 Japan 68.1%
5 Germany64.9%
6 Sweden63.0%
7 Australia61.9%
8 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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1995

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.914396 X +8.178
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.441
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -48557.156693 X +85161.975
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.250387 X +84.547
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.429463 X +1.785
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.279
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -16.361527 X +23.266
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.474
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.225