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Question: We are interested in the extent to which you have moved from one kind of place to another. Which do you think is most like your experience of life?
Choices: "I have lived in different countries" "I have lived in different places in the same country" "I have lived in different neighborhoods in the same place" "I have always lived in the same neighborhood"
Data: % of "I have lived in different countries" "I have lived in different places in the same country" "I have lived in different neighborhoods in the same place"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland93.2%
2 New Zealand91.8%
3 Australia89.7%
4 United States88.2%
5 Norway87.4%
6 Finland87.1%
6 Sweden87.1%
8 France86.9%
9 Netherlands85.2%
10 Republic of Korea84.2%
11 Denmark82.5%
12 United Kingdom76.3%
13 Israel73.4%
14 Spain73.2%
15 Latvia72.7%
16 Portugal71.9%
17 Ireland71.7%
18 Austria68.1%
19 Turkiye66.7%
20 Germany66.5%
21 Hungary63.7%
22 Italy63.4%
23 Chile61.1%
24 Slovenia60.6%
25 Czech Republic60.3%
26 Japan 56.2%
27 Mexico55.9%
28 Poland54.8%
29 Belgium50.2%
30 Slovakia50.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 2.718566 X +4.752
Correlation coefficient (r)0.544
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.296

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 112111.277031 X -36930.232
Correlation coefficient (r)0.621
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.386

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 9.485581 X +73.687
Correlation coefficient (r)0.475
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.226

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.167428 X +1.709
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 5.585375 X +8.568
Correlation coefficient (r)0.144
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021