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Question: We are interested in the extent to which you have moved from one kind of place to another. Which do you think is most like your experience of life?
Choices: "I have lived in different countries" "I have lived in different places in the same country" "I have lived in different neighborhoods in the same place" "I have always lived in the same neighborhood"
Data: % of "I have lived in different countries"
Period:
Area:
44 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland35.2%
2 New Zealand32.3%
3 Australia25.1%
4 Israel24.5%
5 Ireland24.3%
6 Portugal19.1%
7 United Kingdom18.0%
8 Germany16.3%
9 Cyprus15.7%
10 Norway15.5%
10 Sweden15.5%
12 Spain15.2%
13 United States15.0%
14 Austria14.6%
15 Denmark14.1%
15 France14.1%
17 Croatia14.0%
18 Latvia12.9%
19 Finland11.6%
20 Italy11.1%
21 Netherlands10.8%
22 Slovenia10.0%
23 Uruguay 7.6%
24 Ukraine6.2%
25 Slovakia5.7%
26 Poland5.2%
26 Russian Federation5.2%
28 Taiwan4.6%
29 South Africa4.5%
30 Chile3.9%
31 Venezuela3.6%
32 Belgium3.5%
32 Czech Republic3.5%
34 Hungary3.4%
35 Turkiye3.3%
36 Mexico3.0%
37 Kenya2.9%
37 Republic of Korea2.9%
39 Tanzania2.6%
40 Philippines2.2%
41 Sri Lanka1.9%
42 Dominican Republic1.6%
43 Japan1.1%
44 Indonesia0.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 194 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = 7.161398 X +5.547
Correlation coefficient (r)0.643
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.413

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = 222570.460711 X +10264.173
Correlation coefficient (r)0.730
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.533

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 33.348622 X +74.596
Correlation coefficient (r)0.563
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.317

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -1.986888 X +2.004
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.259
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -0.224123 X +12.261
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.003
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000