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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Having children increases people's social standing in society.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden46.5%
2 Japan40.8%
3 Republic of Korea37.9%
4 Germany34.1%
5 France 33.8%
6 United States33.1%
7 Canada28.2%
8 Australia23.8%
9 United Kingdom20.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.814013 X +6.961
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.158
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -44711.922506 X +65419.501
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.256
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 7.940965 X +79.276
Correlation coefficient (r)0.268
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.852388 X +1.787
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.230
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 23.497096 X +4.054
Correlation coefficient (r)0.460
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.212