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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Married people are generally happier than unmarried people.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia44.1%
2 Germany40.7%
3 Japan35.5%
4 United States25.1%
5 France 21.5%

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 = 0.910245 X +6.330
Correlation coefficient (r)0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -3074.974914 X +54249.827
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.017
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 14.268543 X +76.677
Correlation coefficient (r)0.443
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.196

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -0.768145 X +1.870
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.381
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.145

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -7.238168 X +13.600
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.295
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.087