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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:
32 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway97.5%
2 United Kingdom96.7%
3 France96.5%
4 Switzerland95.8%
5 Portugal95.6%
6 Czech Republic95.4%
6 Philippines95.4%
8 Hungary95.1%
8 Slovakia95.1%
10 Lithuania95.0%
11 Denmark94.8%
11 Germany94.8%
13 Iceland94.2%
13 Sweden94.2%
15 United States93.8%
16 Georgia93.2%
17 Spain91.9%
18 Estonia91.6%
19 Slovenia88.8%
20 Russian Federation88.4%
21 Republic of Korea87.2%
22 Turkiye86.8%
23 Belgium86.7%
24 Latvia85.8%
25 Finland 85.3%
26 Mexico83.6%
27 Croatia83.1%
28 Israel76.5%
29 Japan75.9%
30 Taiwan73.3%
31 India64.4%
32 Ireland34.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 206 countries.
Source
ISSP 2013

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 1.313361 X +5.323
Correlation coefficient (r)0.185
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -30488.053445 X +65392.770
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.144
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.054302 X +79.010
Correlation coefficient (r)0.002
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.480062 X +2.091
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 4.097681 X +9.948
Correlation coefficient (r)0.081
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007