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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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia95.3%
2 Turkiye95.0%
3 Chile94.6%
4 Portugal94.0%
5 Germany93.7%
6 Poland93.3%
7 Mexico93.1%
7 Slovakia93.1%
9 Denmark92.5%
10 Lithuania92.4%
11 Hungary91.6%
12 Sweden91.1%
13 Israel90.6%
14 Austria90.4%
15 France90.1%
16 Switzerland89.7%
17 Norway88.5%
18 Iceland88.2%
19 Czech Republic87.5%
20 Belgium87.2%
20 United States87.2%
22 Latvia86.3%
23 Ireland86.2%
24 Republic of Korea85.8%
25 Japan 85.4%
26 Australia84.9%
27 United Kingdom83.9%
28 Finland81.8%
29 Canada79.0%
30 Netherlands77.1%

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

No data for 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -4.526376 X +10.765
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.363
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -217651.171381 X +239933.434
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.385
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.148

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -30.580189 X +107.105
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.377
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.142

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 1.158215 X +0.589
Correlation coefficient (r)0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -20.843912 X +29.188
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059