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Question: Do you think it is wrong or not wrong if a man and a woman have sexual relations before marriage?
Choices: "Always wrong" "Almost always wrong" "Wrong only sometimes" "Not wrong at all"
Data: % of "Always wrong"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea27.6%
2 United States24.6%
3 United Kingdom13.2%
4 Italy10.2%
5 Australia9.5%
6 Japan8.0%
7 Germany4.8%
8 France 4.2%
9 Sweden2.6%

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. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.070008 X +6.868
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.428
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.183

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 17981.708222 X +46160.239
Correlation coefficient (r)0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -11.161112 X +83.232
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.407
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.023491 X +1.720
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.571
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.326

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 35.319245 X +7.076
Correlation coefficient (r)0.643
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.413