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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 be able to speak the country's language"
Choices: "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important" "Fairly important"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom96.7%
2 France96.5%
3 Germany94.8%
4 Sweden94.2%
5 United States93.8%
6 Republic of Korea87.2%
7 Japan 75.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2013

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 5.460306 X +1.729
Correlation coefficient (r)0.761
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.579

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 78484.573395 X -22191.844
Correlation coefficient (r)0.495
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.245

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -19.318856 X +99.310
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.621
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.386

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.411594 X -0.716
Correlation coefficient (r)0.563
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.317

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -33.383766 X +46.008
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.393
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154