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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 the country's ancestry"
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 Korea73.3%
2 Japan 72.1%
3 United States55.2%
4 Canada54.5%
5 Germany51.5%
5 United Kingdom51.5%
7 France49.2%
8 Australia37.7%
9 Sweden30.0%

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 = -3.224214 X +8.500
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.909
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.826

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -56157.145615 X +80956.271
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.695
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.483

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.680094 X +80.430
Correlation coefficient (r)0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.444559 X +2.249
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.718
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.516

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 21.934141 X +3.201
Correlation coefficient (r)0.537
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.288