Entry:

Manabe, Kazufumi and Onodera, Noriko, “A Cross-National Comparison of National Identity: From an ISSP Survey,” Broadcasting Culture & Research, 10 (Autumn, 1999), 7-15.


Abstract:

Twenty-three countries were described according to ten scales of national identity. Japan’s placement on these scales is inconsistent and potentially attributable to post-modern values.

GSS Years:

ISSP 1996

Other Data Sets:

ISSP 1995-96

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
CLSENEI

HOW CLOSE DO YOU FEEL TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

CLSETOWN

HOW CLOSE DO YOU FEEL TO YOUR TOWN OR CITY

CLSESTAT

HOW CLOSE DO YOU FEEL TO YOUR STATE

CLSEUSA

HOW CLOSE DO YOU FEEL TO AMERICA

CLSENOAM

HOW CLOSE DO YOU FEEL TO NORTH AMERICA

MOVENEI

WILLING TO MOVE TO ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD

MOVETOWN

WILLING TO MOVE TO ANOTHER TOWN OR CITY

MOVESTAT

WILLING TO MOVE TO ANOTHER STATE

MOVEUSA

WILLING TO MOVE OUTSIDE AMERICA

MOVENOAM

WILLING TO MOVE OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA

ONENATN

ONE NATION OR ALLOWED TO BECOME FULLY SEPARATE?

AMBORNIN

HOW IMPORTANT TO HAVE BEEN BORN IN AMERICA

AMCIT

HOW IMPORTANT TO HAVE AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP

AMLIVED

HOW IMPORTANT TO HAVE LIVED IN AMERICA FOR LIFE

AMENGLSH

HOW IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ENGLISH

AMCHRSTN

HOW IMPORTANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN

AMGOVT

HOW IMPORTANT TO RESPECT AMERICA'S LAWS ETC

AMFEEL

HOW IMPORTANT TO FEEL AMERICAN

AMCITIZN

AGREE I WOULD RATHER BE A CITIZEN OF AMERICA

AMSHAMED

AGREE THERE ARE THINGS MAKE ME ASHAMED

BELIKEUS

AGREE BETTER IF PEOPLE WERE MORE LIKE AMERICANS

AMBETTER

AGREE AMERICA IS A BETTER COUNTRY

IFWRONG

AGREE PEOPLE SHOULD SUPPORT THEIR COUNTRY

AMSPORTS

AGREE SPORTS MAKES ME PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN

PROUDDEM

HOW PROUD THE WAY DEMOCRACY WORKS

PROUDPOL

HOW PROUD ITS POLITICAL INFLUENCE IN THE WORLD

PROUDECO

HOW PROUD AMERICA'S ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

PROUDSSS

HOW PROUD ITS SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM

PROUDSCI

HOW PROUD ITS SCIENTIFIC AND TECH ACHIEVEMENTS

PROUDSPT

HOW PROUD ITS ACHIEVEMENTS IN SPORTS

PROUDART

HOW PROUD ITS ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE ARTS & LIT.

PROUDMIL

HOW PROUD AMERICA'S ARMED FORCES

PROUDHIS

HOW PROUD ITS HISTORY

PROUDGRP

HOW PROUD ITS FAIR AND EQUAL TREATMENT

IMPORTS

AMERICA SHOULD LIMIT THE IMPORT

WRLDGOVT

INTERNATIONAL BODIES SHOULD ENFORCE ENVIRONMENT

FORLANG

AMERICAN SCHOOLS SHOULD TEACH FOREIGN LANGUAGES

AMOWNWAY

AMERICA SHOULD FOLLOW ITS OWN INTERESTS

FORLAND

FOREIGNERS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BUY LAND

AMTV

TV SHOULD GIVE PREFERENCE TO AMERICAN FILMS

AMCULT

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BECOME FULLY AMERICAN

MINCULT

ETHNIC MINORITIES SHOULD BE GIVEN GOV ASSISTANCE

ETHCLOSE

HOW CLOSE FEEL TO YOUR ETHNIC OR RACIAL GROUP?

EXCLDIMM

AMERICA SHOULD EXCLUDE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS