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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 been born in the country"
Choices: "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important" "Fairly important"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea80.5%
2 United States77.4%
3 Japan 76.5%
4 Canada75.1%
5 United Kingdom73.4%
6 France61.1%
7 Germany60.2%
8 Australia58.8%
9 Sweden48.2%

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 = -2.973833 X +8.818
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.664
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.441

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -40025.157923 X +78499.307
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.392
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.499717 X +83.542
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.539056 X +2.532
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.605
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.366

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 18.332579 X +2.328
Correlation coefficient (r)0.355
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.126