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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 feel the country's nationality"
Choices: "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important" "Fairly important"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria98.8%
2 Venezuela97.8%
3 Uruguay97.2%
4 Hungary97.1%
5 Poland97.0%
6 Chile96.4%
6 Philippines96.4%
8 Portugal93.4%
9 Australia92.8%
10 Taiwan92.3%
11 Russian Federation92.2%
12 France92.0%
12 Republic of Korea92.0%
12 United States92.0%
15 Canada91.9%
16 New Zealand91.3%
17 Slovenia90.6%
18 Denmark90.0%
19 Latvia89.2%
20 Austria88.5%
21 Czech Republic88.3%
21 Spain88.3%
23 Japan87.6%
23 South Africa87.6%
25 Ireland87.4%
26 Israel87.0%
27 Finland 86.9%
28 Norway84.3%
29 Netherlands83.2%
30 Sweden82.2%
31 United Kingdom79.4%
32 Switzerland75.2%
33 Slovakia73.8%
34 Germany73.7%

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 = -5.610783 X +11.610
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.504
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.254
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -193586.046563 X +212971.426
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.501
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.251
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -22.065837 X +98.878
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.324
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.105
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.759182 X +0.966
Correlation coefficient (r)0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.754977 X +14.058
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000