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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - It is better to have a bad marriage than no marriage at all.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan9.5%
2 Germany3.1%
3 France3.0%
5 United States 2.5%

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 = -9.404276 X +6.954
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.988
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.976

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -428841.225627 X +72946.565
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.703
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.494

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 62.674095 X +78.239
Correlation coefficient (r)0.746
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.557

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -5.792366 X +1.807
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.824
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.679

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 15.087706 X +10.485
Correlation coefficient (r)0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033