Popular Conceptions of Nationhood in Old and New European



Table 2. Mean scores on dimensions of national identity across ten European countries and
two regions

Cultural                Ethnic                Political

(cultural + language)

(ancestry + history)

(legal system +
rights&duties + social
security + economy)

West Germany

1.69

1.88

1.90

Greece

1.28

1.26

1.47

Italy

1.64

1.83

1.88

Spain

1.57

1.70

1.68

Great Britain

1.57

1.72

1.78

Austria

1.46

1.81

1.78

East Germany

1.54

1.70

1.88

Czech Republic

1.48

1.65

2.03

Hungary

1.35

1.47

1.92

Poland

1.41

1.42

1.56

East

1.44

1.56

1.84

West

1.53

1.69

1.74

NB:    1. On each dimension the difference between the mean scores of the two regions is statistically

significant at an 0.01 level.

2. The N of each country score ranges from 766 (Great Britain) to 1013 (Hungary). Approximately
1000 respondents were interviewed in each country. The lower N of Great Britain is explained by the
many British respondents who indicated that they did not feel British (item one). We excluded these
respondents from the analysis.

Table 3. Differences of mean scores between the ethnic and the political dimension and
between the cultural and the political dimension across ten European states and two regions

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