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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - People who want children ought to get married.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland76.4%
2 Israel74.3%
3 Ireland72.1%
4 Australia71.1%
4 Czech Republic71.1%
6 Japan62.0%
7 Austria61.2%
8 Italy61.0%
9 New Zealand60.4%
10 United States59.5%
11 Germany58.0%
12 Hungary57.8%
13 Norway55.1%
14 Spain51.8%
15 Canada46.5%
16 Switzerland 41.8%
17 Slovenia40.4%
18 Netherlands31.6%

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 = -0.532753 X +7.091
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.167
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -27173.034544 X +70188.194
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -2.966193 X +83.050
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 1.068281 X +0.912
Correlation coefficient (r)0.354
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -4.452117 X +12.297
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.202
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041