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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - It is all right for a couple to live together without intending to get married.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovakia42.0%
2 Japan 41.7%
3 Israel40.8%
4 Ireland39.0%
5 Chile38.9%
6 Latvia30.5%
7 Italy27.9%
8 Poland27.4%
9 Australia27.1%
10 New Zealand24.8%
11 Portugal23.9%
12 Canada21.8%
12 Slovenia21.8%
14 Austria18.0%
15 United States17.7%
16 Spain17.2%
17 Czech Republic15.8%
18 Norway15.5%
19 Hungary15.3%
20 Germany13.2%
21 Netherlands10.5%
22 France10.2%
23 Switzerland7.9%
24 Denmark5.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.565497 X +7.074
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.392
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -64472.688166 X +62497.691
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.268
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -3.796142 X +81.302
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.554582 X +1.485
Correlation coefficient (r)0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.911849 X +9.894
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.036
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001