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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark89.4%
2 Switzerland86.1%
3 France82.5%
4 Slovenia81.7%
5 Austria80.6%
6 Norway 80.4%
7 Finland79.2%
8 Czech Republic76.1%
9 Spain71.2%
10 Belgium71.1%
11 Latvia68.6%
12 Netherlands67.9%
13 Chile65.8%
14 Ireland63.3%
15 United States62.1%
16 Hungary61.4%
17 Germany61.3%
18 Portugal57.9%
19 Israel57.1%
20 New Zealand53.8%
21 Mexico53.2%
22 Poland51.6%
23 Australia51.5%
24 Slovakia47.8%
25 Japan31.5%

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

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 1.711722 X +5.636
Correlation coefficient (r)0.505
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.255

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 68237.275455 X +3415.664
Correlation coefficient (r)0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 3.168371 X +78.445
Correlation coefficient (r)0.158
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.240531 X +1.722
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 1.861961 X +8.784
Correlation coefficient (r)0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008