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Question: Did you live with your husband or wife before you got married?
Choices: "Yes" "No" "Not married"
Data: % of "Yes" among those married
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany39.9%
2 Canada30.8%
3 United States30.4%
4 Australia 24.4%
5 Japan7.6%
6 Italy4.4%

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

No data for 4 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 1.965115 X +6.180
Correlation coefficient (r)0.743
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.552

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 79055.574238 X +34031.264
Correlation coefficient (r)0.657
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.432

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -10.773318 X +84.186
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.524
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.275

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 1.013267 X +1.254
Correlation coefficient (r)0.754
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.569

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 8.069300 X +8.307
Correlation coefficient (r)0.322
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104