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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea56.8%
2 Czech Republic52.4%
3 Israel51.9%
4 Slovakia47.7%
5 Lithuania47.2%
6 Poland46.1%
7 Hungary43.0%
8 Latvia42.7%
9 Austria 35.2%
10 Canada34.7%
11 Germany31.6%
12 Mexico30.4%
13 Japan29.8%
14 Finland28.7%
15 Portugal28.2%
16 Australia27.3%
17 Ireland25.9%
18 Chile25.3%
19 Belgium23.5%
20 Netherlands21.9%
21 Denmark18.1%
22 France17.4%
23 Iceland16.3%
23 Norway16.3%

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

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.810538 X +7.374
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.431
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.186

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -113875.558507 X +82757.894
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.546
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.298

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -13.415503 X +84.288
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.421
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.177

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.080973 X +1.638
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.027
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 10.688657 X +7.248
Correlation coefficient (r)0.336
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.113