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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Married people are generally happier than unmarried people.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 Canada34.7%
3 Germany31.6%
4 Japan29.8%
6 France17.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 0.817294 X +6.340
Correlation coefficient (r)0.171
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 30105.270769 X +37978.129
Correlation coefficient (r)0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -4.607042 X +83.357
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.243
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -2.735305 X +2.236
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.883
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.780

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 2.084882 X +9.533
Correlation coefficient (r)0.096
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009