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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - It is all right for a couple to live together without intending to get married.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan41.7%
2 Italy27.9%
3 Australia27.1%
4 Canada21.8%
5 United States17.7%
6 Germany13.2%
7 France 10.2%

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 = -1.742364 X +7.025
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.546
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.298

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -52039.256077 X +62613.379
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.349
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 13.283503 X +78.771
Correlation coefficient (r)0.535
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.286

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.451798 X +1.867
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.716
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.513

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.423489 X +9.532
Correlation coefficient (r)0.080
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006