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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:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France82.5%
2 United States 62.1%
3 Germany61.3%
5 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 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 1.196087 X +5.818
Correlation coefficient (r)0.793
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.629

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 34071.229335 X +33320.225
Correlation coefficient (r)0.352
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.124

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -5.008277 X +84.047
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.376
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 1.042172 X +0.926
Correlation coefficient (r)0.936
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.876

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -4.645630 X +13.925
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.352
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.124