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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:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain92.4%
2 Japan 87.7%
3 Czech Republic87.4%
4 Latvia85.3%
5 Slovakia84.7%
6 Austria84.0%
7 Hungary83.8%
8 Ireland83.1%
9 Slovenia82.3%
10 Italy81.6%
11 Canada76.1%
12 New Zealand75.9%
13 Australia75.3%
14 Poland74.6%
15 Germany72.3%
16 Netherlands71.5%
17 Norway69.6%
18 Sweden66.0%
19 United States60.4%
20 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 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 1995

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -2.537642 X +8.767
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.527
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.278

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -104451.582669 X +127422.714
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.439
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.193

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.888179 X +81.908
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.474320 X +1.880
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.338
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 4.425846 X +9.366
Correlation coefficient (r)0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014