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Question: Did you ever live together with a partner you didn't marry?
Choices: "Yes, with a previous partner" "Yes, with my present partner" "Yes, both with a previous partner and with my present partner" "No, never"
Data: % of "Yes, with a previous partner" "Yes, with my present partner" "Yes, both with a previous partner and with my present partner"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada 26.3%
2 United States18.4%
3 Germany17.9%
4 Australia11.0%
5 Italy5.2%
6 Japan3.3%

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 = 3.003323 X +6.220
Correlation coefficient (r)0.710
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.504

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 115349.527217 X +36364.506
Correlation coefficient (r)0.600
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.360

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -15.315930 X +83.812
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.466
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.217

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 1.002015 X +1.350
Correlation coefficient (r)0.466
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.217

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 10.294114 X +8.748
Correlation coefficient (r)0.257
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066