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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:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia97.9%
2 Canada96.8%
3 Japan 90.6%
4 France88.9%
5 Republic of Korea75.1%

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 5 countries.

Source
ISSP 2003

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 5.053629 X +2.028
Correlation coefficient (r)0.822
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.676

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 103751.333807 X -46310.549
Correlation coefficient (r)0.836
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.699

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -3.422133 X +86.095
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.276
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 2.786723 X -1.106
Correlation coefficient (r)0.695
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.483

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -72.763239 X +81.785
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.954
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.910