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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - It's a good idea for a couple who intend to get married to live together first.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland87.1%
2 Norway77.7%
3 Slovenia76.5%
4 Austria75.6%
5 Germany70.4%
6 Czech Republic70.2%
7 Israel63.4%
8 United States59.1%
9 Netherlands57.1%
10 Spain56.8%
11 Canada51.0%
12 Ireland50.9%
13 Hungary50.6%
14 Italy48.5%
15 Australia47.8%
16 New Zealand46.2%
17 Poland44.1%
18 Japan 22.9%

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

No data for 20 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 1.346223 X +5.989
Correlation coefficient (r)0.527
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.278

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 61642.690084 X +18145.269
Correlation coefficient (r)0.378
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.143

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -0.335540 X +81.513
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.022
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 0.330813 X +1.342
Correlation coefficient (r)0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -0.103942 X +9.755
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000