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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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines52.8%
2 Japan 38.5%
3 Israel37.1%
4 Uruguay33.4%
5 Chile32.5%
6 Portugal29.6%
7 Slovakia29.1%
8 Italy29.0%
9 Ireland28.0%
10 Poland26.7%
11 Australia25.4%
12 Canada23.5%
13 New Zealand22.3%
14 Bulgaria21.1%
15 Hungary20.9%
16 Russian Federation18.4%
17 Cyprus17.7%
18 Netherlands15.3%
19 United States15.0%
20 Latvia14.9%
21 Spain13.4%
22 Czech Republic11.2%
23 Norway9.6%
24 Syrian Arab Republic9.0%
25 Austria8.9%
26 Germany8.6%
27 France8.3%
28 Slovenia7.5%
29 Denmark6.8%
30 Switzerland3.8%

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

No data for 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.616649 X +6.928
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.362
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.131

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -95060.892928 X +62285.725
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.402
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -8.258744 X +80.672
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.208
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.882310 X +1.488
Correlation coefficient (r)0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -5.211305 X +10.646
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018