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Question: All in all, what do you think is the ideal number of children for a family to have?
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Data: % of 3 or more
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan58.2%
2 Republic of Korea51.1%
3 Australia44.9%
4 Canada42.0%
5 France 38.7%
6 Germany22.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 4 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.928697 X +7.393
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.562
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.316

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -40934.306666 X +63738.361
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.401
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.161

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 9.655470 X +78.698
Correlation coefficient (r)0.990
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.980

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.497678 X +2.083
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.509
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.259

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 21.984946 X +2.735
Correlation coefficient (r)0.586
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.343