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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 respect the country's political institutions and laws"
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 Norway96.6%
2 Canada96.5%
3 Denmark96.3%
3 France96.3%
3 Sweden96.3%
6 Switzerland96.1%
6 United States96.1%
8 Netherlands93.3%
9 Venezuela93.0%
10 Portugal91.7%
11 Taiwan91.6%
12 Spain91.5%
13 Bulgaria91.1%
14 Australia90.9%
15 Chile90.8%
16 Philippines90.7%
17 New Zealand89.2%
18 Israel88.6%
19 Germany88.2%
20 Finland 87.9%
21 Austria87.6%
22 Uruguay87.1%
23 United Kingdom86.5%
24 Hungary85.3%
25 Slovenia83.9%
26 Russian Federation82.5%
27 Poland82.4%
28 Latvia81.4%
29 Czech Republic80.9%
30 Ireland79.7%
31 South Africa79.5%
32 Republic of Korea77.6%
33 Slovakia67.5%
34 Japan67.2%

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 = 3.521425 X +3.516
Correlation coefficient (r)0.362
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.131
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 111663.365238 X -57693.036
Correlation coefficient (r)0.331
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 10.822422 X +69.731
Correlation coefficient (r)0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.657406 X +1.067
Correlation coefficient (r)0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -27.138903 X +37.154
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.353
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125