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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Watching children grow up is life's greatest joy.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria97.8%
2 Hungary96.8%
3 Russian Federation94.3%
4 Austria94.2%
5 Italy94.0%
6 Spain93.9%
7 Slovenia93.2%
8 Philippines92.5%
9 Germany91.9%
10 Poland91.3%
10 Sweden91.3%
12 Ireland86.9%
13 Japan 86.7%
14 Norway85.4%
15 Czech Republic84.8%
16 Israel83.9%
17 Australia82.4%
18 United States82.1%
19 United Kingdom79.3%
20 New Zealand77.8%
21 Netherlands74.8%
22 Canada74.7%

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 = -4.701538 X +10.777
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.627
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.393

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -187705.852187 X +209670.589
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.493
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.243

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -28.898803 X +104.838
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.434
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.188

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.605417 X +2.193
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.482058 X +10.176
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000