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Question: How close do you feel to your county?
Choices: "Very close" "Close" "Not very close" "Not close at all"
Data: % of "Very close" "Close"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain94.5%
2 Portugal91.1%
3 Austria89.6%
4 Bulgaria87.5%
5 Hungary86.2%
6 Japan86.1%
7 South Africa86.0%
8 Chile85.3%
9 Slovakia85.2%
10 Ireland84.8%
11 Czech Republic84.0%
12 Canada83.0%
13 Slovenia82.8%
14 Venezuela81.0%
15 Philippines79.4%
16 Australia77.2%
17 Taiwan77.0%
18 Switzerland76.7%
19 France75.8%
20 United Kingdom75.2%
21 Germany74.3%
22 Norway73.9%
23 New Zealand72.4%
24 Uruguay72.3%
25 United States70.0%
26 Israel68.4%
27 Sweden68.2%
28 Poland67.3%
29 Republic of Korea64.3%
30 Latvia57.4%
31 Denmark55.9%
32 Russian Federation55.4%
33 Finland 55.0%
34 Netherlands49.7%

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 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2003

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -2.104893 X +8.197
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.328
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -45585.561563 X +74731.939
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.205
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -2.838258 X +81.356
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.073
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.114160 X +1.556
Correlation coefficient (r)0.035
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -14.051412 X +24.012
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.278
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077