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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Divorce is usually the best solution when a couple can't seem to work out their marriage problems.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain78.0%
2 Germany74.5%
3 Austria73.6%
4 Netherlands73.5%
5 Slovenia69.6%
6 Israel65.6%
7 Italy65.2%
8 United States58.1%
9 Australia57.8%
10 Switzerland57.7%
11 Hungary57.6%
12 Poland57.2%
13 Russian Federation56.4%
14 Czech Republic56.0%
15 Bulgaria55.7%
16 New Zealand53.0%
17 Norway51.6%
18 Ireland51.3%
19 Canada48.5%
20 Uruguay48.4%
21 Philippines39.3%
22 Japan 35.1%

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

No data for 216 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 1.336640 X +5.853
Correlation coefficient (r)0.289
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 16049.152756 X +36183.501
Correlation coefficient (r)0.061
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 11.424165 X +72.611
Correlation coefficient (r)0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.565010 X +1.982
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.146
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -6.353253 X +13.888
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025