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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 88.3%
2 Australia82.0%
2 Germany82.0%
4 United Kingdom79.8%
5 Republic of Korea78.6%
6 Canada77.0%
7 France73.9%
8 Sweden72.9%
9 United States68.8%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2003

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -3.734737 X +9.717
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -102761.974927 X +131620.552
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.528
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.279

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 24.789477 X +62.473
Correlation coefficient (r)0.691
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.477

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.791238 X +2.886
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -8.338615 X +21.294
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.085
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007