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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:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 79.4%
2 Germany70.4%
3 United States69.6%
4 Australia65.3%
5 Japan42.5%

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 = 1.777009 X +5.471
Correlation coefficient (r)0.678
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.460

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 47826.087868 X +21926.008
Correlation coefficient (r)0.384
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -10.512783 X +88.320
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.461
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.340564 X +0.737
Correlation coefficient (r)0.938
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.880

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -6.063257 X +15.152
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.349
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122