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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:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland87.1%
2 Norway77.7%
3 Slovenia76.5%
4 Austria75.6%
5 Russian Federation73.0%
6 Germany70.4%
7 Czech Republic70.2%
8 Bulgaria67.5%
9 Israel63.4%
10 United States59.1%
11 Netherlands57.1%
12 Spain56.8%
13 Canada51.0%
14 Ireland50.9%
15 Hungary50.6%
16 Italy48.5%
17 Australia47.8%
18 New Zealand46.2%
19 Poland44.1%
20 Uruguay33.7%
21 Philippines33.2%
22 Japan 22.9%

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 = 0.858817 X +6.140
Correlation coefficient (r)0.275
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 63818.126571 X +8902.073
Correlation coefficient (r)0.358
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.128

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 2.731369 X +77.709
Correlation coefficient (r)0.094
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.080161 X +1.698
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 1.868723 X +9.107
Correlation coefficient (r)0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005