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CULTURAL IDENTITY
American
Roughly nine-in-ten in the U.S. (92%) voice the view that to be truly American it is very important that a person speak English.
More than eight-in-ten think a person’s American-ness depends on whether she or he shares U.S. customs and traditions.
In addition, a majority of the public believes that to be truly American a person has to be born in the United States.
Canadian
Nearly nine-in-ten Canadians think it is either very (59%) or somewhat important (29%) to speak either English or French.
A similar proportion believes it is either very (54%) or somewhat important (36%) to share Canadian customs and traditions in order to be truly Canadian.
Australian
More than nine-in-ten Australians (94%) say speaking English is at least somewhat important to being truly Australian.
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Japanese
About nine-in-ten Japanese (92%) believe it is very or somewhat important for a person to be able to speak Japanese.
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Roughly three-quarters of Japanese (77%) voice the view that it is very or somewhat important to be born in Japan to be truly Japanese.
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