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Question: Do you think it is wrong or not wrong if a man and a woman have sexual relations before marriage?
Choices: "Always wrong" "Almost always wrong" "Wrong only sometimes" "Not wrong at all"
Data: % of "Always wrong"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye83.3%
2 Israel39.2%
3 Mexico39.1%
4 Chile29.6%
5 Republic of Korea27.6%
6 United States24.6%
7 Ireland15.9%
8 Portugal13.5%
9 United Kingdom13.2%
10 Slovakia13.1%
11 New Zealand12.5%
12 Spain10.7%
13 Italy10.2%
13 Latvia10.2%
15 Poland9.7%
16 Australia9.5%
17 Japan8.0%
18 Hungary7.5%
19 Finland6.7%
20 Netherlands6.5%
21 Norway5.3%
21 Slovenia 5.3%
23 Switzerland5.0%
24 Germany4.8%
25 France4.2%
26 Denmark4.1%
27 Austria3.5%
28 Czech Republic2.8%
29 Belgium2.7%
30 Sweden2.6%

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. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.869758 X +6.956
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.540
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.292

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -51030.023272 X +54100.046
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.344
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -4.513323 X +81.408
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.277
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.811494 X +1.419
Correlation coefficient (r)0.400
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.160

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -8.774300 X +11.176
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.375
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141