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Question: How close do you feel to your town or city?
Choices: "Very close" "Close" "Not very close" "Not close at all"
Data: % of "Very close" "Close"
Period:
Area:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain92.4%
2 Bulgaria89.5%
3 Japan87.7%
4 Czech Republic87.4%
5 Latvia85.3%
6 Slovakia84.7%
7 Austria84.0%
8 Hungary83.8%
9 Ireland83.1%
10 Slovenia82.3%
11 Italy81.6%
12 Canada76.1%
13 New Zealand75.9%
14 Australia75.3%
15 Poland74.6%
16 Philippines 72.6%
17 Germany72.3%
18 Russian Federation72.0%
19 Netherlands71.5%
20 Norway69.6%
21 Sweden66.0%
22 United States60.4%
23 United Kingdom55.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 215 countries.

Source
ISSP 1995

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -2.546827 X +8.617
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.394
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.155

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -94471.032831 X +114887.667
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.358
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.128

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -0.990330 X +80.125
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -0.645220 X +2.058
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 1.250104 X +11.765
Correlation coefficient (r)0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001