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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - The main purpose of marriage these days is to have children.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary65.8%
2 Czech Republic55.2%
3 Poland52.0%
4 Israel49.7%
5 Slovenia47.8%
6 Italy39.3%
7 Spain35.7%
8 Austria30.4%
9 Ireland28.2%
10 Norway25.4%
11 Germany23.0%
12 Australia22.6%
13 United States18.9%
14 Japan 18.8%
15 Netherlands14.1%
16 Switzerland13.2%
17 New Zealand12.7%
18 Canada10.4%

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

No data for 20 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -0.937424 X +7.072
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -93834.586520 X +82079.077
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.577
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.333

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -10.622916 X +84.352
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.596
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.355

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 0.576757 X +1.432
Correlation coefficient (r)0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -2.707408 X +10.542
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028