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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:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 82.5%
2 United States62.1%
3 Germany61.3%
4 Australia51.5%
5 Japan31.5%

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

No data for 5 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.911130 X +6.108
Correlation coefficient (r)0.466
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.217

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 18335.401047 X +42629.205
Correlation coefficient (r)0.198
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -6.727552 X +85.327
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.956881 X +1.061
Correlation coefficient (r)0.898
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.806

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -4.516487 X +13.794
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.349
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122