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Question: Did you ever live together with a partner you didn't marry?
Choices: "Yes, with a previous partner" "Yes, with my present partner" "Yes, both with a previous partner and with my present partner" "No, never"
Data: % of "Yes, with a previous partner" "Yes, with my present partner" "Yes, both with a previous partner and with my present partner"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland32.4%
2 Czech Republic32.1%
3 Canada26.3%
4 Norway26.1%
5 Austria20.4%
6 New Zealand18.4%
6 United States18.4%
8 Germany17.9%
9 Israel16.3%
10 Netherlands15.1%
11 Slovenia14.1%
12 Australia11.0%
13 Poland8.3%
14 Spain7.9%
15 Ireland5.2%
15 Italy5.2%
17 Japan 3.3%

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

No data for 21 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 2.255795 X +6.455
Correlation coefficient (r)0.568
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.323

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 88222.745463 X +40279.757
Correlation coefficient (r)0.299
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -3.347322 X +81.960
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 0.853138 X +1.474
Correlation coefficient (r)0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 5.912407 X +8.604
Correlation coefficient (r)0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037