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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 been born in the country"
Choices: "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important" "Fairly important"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ireland85.9%
2 Poland81.5%
3 United Kingdom78.5%
4 Italy78.0%
4 Spain78.0%
6 Austria72.2%
7 Czech Republic69.4%
7 New Zealand69.4%
9 Slovenia69.1%
10 United States68.8%
11 Japan 68.5%
12 Hungary67.9%
13 Latvia66.3%
14 Slovakia65.3%
15 Norway62.2%
16 Australia55.7%
17 Germany52.6%
18 Netherlands52.1%
19 Sweden50.4%
20 Canada45.4%

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 = -1.825796 X +8.022
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -29103.238597 X +65957.275
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -4.008483 X +83.125
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.271550 X +1.695
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.223
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -9.237333 X +18.971
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.282
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080