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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 be able to speak the country's language"
Choices: "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important" "Fairly important"
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway97.5%
2 United Kingdom96.7%
3 France96.5%
4 Switzerland95.8%
5 Portugal95.6%
6 Czech Republic95.4%
7 Hungary95.1%
7 Slovakia95.1%
9 Lithuania95.0%
10 Denmark94.8%
10 Germany94.8%
12 Iceland94.2%
12 Sweden94.2%
14 United States93.8%
15 Spain91.9%
16 Estonia91.6%
17 Slovenia88.8%
18 Republic of Korea87.2%
19 Turkiye86.8%
20 Belgium86.7%
21 Latvia85.8%
22 Finland85.3%
23 Mexico83.6%
24 Israel76.5%
25 Japan 75.9%
26 Ireland34.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 2013

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.147795 X +6.579
Correlation coefficient (r)0.027
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -55862.437407 X +94351.351
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.278
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -4.063608 X +83.863
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.173
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.453699 X +2.018
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.160
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 7.203623 X +7.248
Correlation coefficient (r)0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023