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Question: Did you live with your husband or wife before you got married?
Choices: "Yes" "No" "Not married"
Data: % of "Yes" among those married
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany39.9%
2 Canada30.8%
3 United States30.4%
5 Japan7.6%
6 Italy4.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.893268 X +6.117
Correlation coefficient (r)0.864
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.746

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 79114.476499 X +34112.105
Correlation coefficient (r)0.663
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.440

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -11.225610 X +83.799
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.698
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.487

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.770917 X +1.218
Correlation coefficient (r)0.680
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.462

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 7.893104 X +8.153
Correlation coefficient (r)0.318
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.101