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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Married people are generally happier than unmarried people.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria76.3%
2 Philippines62.5%
3 Poland62.2%
4 Hungary59.2%
5 Russian Federation58.1%
6 Israel49.8%
7 Uruguay46.5%
8 Czech Republic45.8%
9 Austria45.2%
10 Australia44.0%
11 Slovenia43.1%
12 Germany42.7%
13 Japan 40.2%
14 Ireland33.4%
15 Spain33.0%
16 Canada32.3%
17 Italy31.8%
18 New Zealand25.0%
19 United States24.8%
20 Switzerland18.9%
21 Norway17.7%
22 Netherlands13.5%

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 = -2.248461 X +7.559
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.713
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.508

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -131883.907389 X +99860.373
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.733
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.537

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -21.141480 X +87.984
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.718
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.516

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.664386 X +1.378
Correlation coefficient (r)0.252
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.236928 X +10.278
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000