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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - The main purpose of marriage these days is to have children.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy39.3%
2 Germany23.0%
3 Australia22.6%
4 United States18.9%
5 Japan18.8%
6 Canada 10.4%

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 = -1.440323 X +6.950
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.370
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.137

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -78756.609608 X +69605.882
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.445
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.198

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 3.700501 X +80.896
Correlation coefficient (r)0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.693716 X +1.640
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.350
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -27.329630 X +16.215
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.740
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.548