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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States81.1%
2 Canada79.6%
3 Japan 73.7%
4 United Kingdom72.7%
5 France70.7%
6 Australia68.5%
6 Republic of Korea68.5%
8 Germany67.5%
9 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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2003

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.469589 X +7.840
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 6846.494999 X +46463.613
Correlation coefficient (r)0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -12.180386 X +90.480
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.434
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.188

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.220392 X +1.643
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.058
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -9.333846 X +21.395
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.121
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015