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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:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines32.1%
2 Bulgaria29.1%
3 Spain14.5%
4 Russian Federation12.3%
5 Israel11.9%
6 Poland11.2%
7 Hungary10.9%
8 Japan 10.3%
9 Slovenia8.0%
10 Ireland6.6%
11 Czech Republic6.1%
12 Italy5.0%
13 Austria4.9%
14 Switzerland4.1%
15 Uruguay3.1%
16 Australia2.9%
17 Germany2.8%
18 Canada2.5%
19 United States2.4%
20 New Zealand1.8%
20 Norway1.8%
22 Netherlands1.5%

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 = -4.408261 X +7.006
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.708
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.501

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -208892.177280 X +63190.076
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.588
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.346

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -37.088494 X +82.410
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.638
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.407

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 2.066432 X +1.477
Correlation coefficient (r)0.397
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -20.612909 X +11.921
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.384
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147