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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Watching children grow up is life's greatest joy.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany93.7%
2 Sweden91.1%
3 France 90.1%
4 United States87.2%
5 Republic of Korea85.8%
6 Japan85.4%
7 Australia84.9%
8 United Kingdom83.9%
9 Canada79.0%

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

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.154955 X +5.689
Correlation coefficient (r)0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -7001.874019 X +56656.960
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -7.824394 X +88.702
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.221657 X -0.424
Correlation coefficient (r)0.321
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.103

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -7.313107 X +18.199
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006