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Question: How close do you feel to [Continent]?
Choices: "Very close" "Close" "Not very close" "Not close at all"
Data: % of "Very close" "Close"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary93.9%
2 Switzerland78.9%
3 Spain77.8%
4 Chile72.8%
5 Czech Republic71.7%
6 Slovakia71.5%
7 Austria70.2%
8 Canada68.5%
9 Portugal68.2%
10 United States67.1%
11 Slovenia66.7%
12 Poland63.6%
13 Japan62.6%
14 Germany59.9%
14 Norway59.9%
16 France55.9%
17 Denmark53.9%
18 Sweden48.8%
19 Netherlands47.3%
20 New Zealand 46.3%
21 Ireland45.8%
22 Israel44.0%
23 Finland40.1%
24 Republic of Korea30.4%
25 United Kingdom26.6%
26 Latvia19.6%
27 Australia15.7%

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 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2003

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.611659 X +7.187
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.205
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -22836.187812 X +60380.090
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -3.243013 X +82.687
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.244
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.117293 X +1.626
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -3.516307 X +15.245
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021