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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Having children interferes too much with the freedom of parents.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea53.6%
2 France 41.3%
3 Japan33.4%
4 Germany24.1%
5 United States15.3%
6 Canada10.7%
7 Australia9.8%
8 United Kingdom8.9%
9 Sweden5.4%

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 = -2.085401 X +7.160
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.836
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.699

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -59422.227700 X +63950.112
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.703
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.494

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 4.018910 X +81.007
Correlation coefficient (r)0.280
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.051872 X +1.741
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.585
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.342

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 13.720199 X +8.765
Correlation coefficient (r)0.554
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.307