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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 have lived in the country for most of one's life"
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 Venezuela97.8%
2 Chile90.8%
3 Uruguay90.3%
4 Philippines90.1%
5 Bulgaria89.0%
6 Portugal88.5%
7 Spain86.7%
8 South Africa86.4%
9 Russian Federation85.0%
10 Israel83.4%
10 Poland83.4%
12 Czech Republic81.9%
13 United States81.1%
14 Latvia81.0%
15 Canada79.6%
16 Ireland77.8%
17 Austria77.6%
18 New Zealand77.0%
19 Hungary76.6%
20 Japan73.7%
21 Taiwan73.4%
22 Denmark73.2%
23 Slovenia72.9%
24 United Kingdom72.7%
25 Norway72.3%
26 France70.7%
27 Australia68.5%
27 Republic of Korea68.5%
29 Germany67.5%
30 Switzerland66.3%
31 Finland 65.2%
32 Slovakia63.9%
33 Netherlands56.2%
34 Sweden55.8%

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 = -4.734990 X +10.259
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.645
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.416
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -149152.532920 X +155381.491
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.585
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.342
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -24.265164 X +97.970
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.542
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.294
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 1.440106 X +0.529
Correlation coefficient (r)0.384
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -12.984281 X +23.424
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.224
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050