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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - The main advantage of marriage is that it gives financial security.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan42.4%
2 Germany41.1%
3 United States21.5%
4 Italy18.2%
5 Australia 16.1%
6 Canada7.8%

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 = -1.526864 X +7.005
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.579
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.335

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -50014.530610 X +64410.062
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.418
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.175

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 1.594226 X +81.326
Correlation coefficient (r)0.078
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.167654 X +1.528
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 1.747831 X +9.728
Correlation coefficient (r)0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005