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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:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand96.9%
2 Slovenia96.2%
3 Australia94.6%
3 Norway94.6%
5 United States94.4%
6 Netherlands94.2%
7 Slovakia91.6%
8 Austria91.5%
9 Japan 90.9%
10 Sweden90.3%
11 Czech Republic87.0%
12 Germany86.8%
13 Poland85.2%
14 Italy84.3%
15 Spain84.0%
16 Latvia81.9%
17 Canada75.8%
18 United Kingdom70.1%

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 20 countries.

Source
ISSP 1995

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 1.617188 X +5.399
Correlation coefficient (r)0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 80120.588547 X -25675.651
Correlation coefficient (r)0.302
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 5.377160 X +75.866
Correlation coefficient (r)0.149
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 0.590946 X +0.982
Correlation coefficient (r)0.310
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.096

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 18.649042 X -3.715
Correlation coefficient (r)0.374
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.140