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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - It's a good idea for a couple who intend to get married to live together first.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan38.5%
2 Italy29.0%
3 Australia25.4%
4 Canada23.5%
5 United States15.0%
6 Germany8.6%
7 France 8.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.509790 X +6.948
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -50698.699748 X +61489.310
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.357
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 13.380769 X +78.965
Correlation coefficient (r)0.564
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.318

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.471125 X +1.847
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.761
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.579

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.144987 X +10.115
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.005
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000