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Question: Did you ever live together with a partner you didn't marry?
Choices: "Yes, with a previous partner" "Yes, with my present partner" "Yes, both with a previous partner and with my present partner" "No, never"
Data: % of "Yes, with a previous partner" "Yes, with my present partner" "Yes, both with a previous partner and with my present partner"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland32.4%
2 Czech Republic32.1%
3 Russian Federation26.7%
4 Canada26.3%
5 Norway26.1%
6 Uruguay23.6%
7 Austria20.4%
8 New Zealand18.4%
8 United States18.4%
10 Bulgaria18.1%
11 Germany17.9%
12 Israel16.3%
13 Netherlands15.1%
14 Slovenia14.1%
15 Australia11.0%
16 Philippines9.2%
17 Poland8.3%
18 Spain7.9%
19 Ireland5.2%
19 Italy5.2%
21 Japan 3.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 217 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 1.485113 X +6.411
Correlation coefficient (r)0.257
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 59054.714359 X +36821.248
Correlation coefficient (r)0.176
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -7.785891 X +80.825
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.142
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.023547 X +1.651
Correlation coefficient (r)0.005
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 20.193049 X +6.682
Correlation coefficient (r)0.391
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.153