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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - It is better to have a bad marriage than no marriage at all.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain14.5%
2 Israel11.9%
3 Poland11.2%
4 Hungary10.9%
5 Japan 10.3%
6 Slovenia8.0%
7 Ireland6.6%
8 Czech Republic6.1%
9 Italy5.0%
10 Austria4.9%
11 Switzerland4.1%
12 Australia2.9%
13 Germany2.8%
14 Canada2.5%
15 United States2.4%
16 New Zealand1.8%
16 Norway1.8%
18 Netherlands1.5%

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 = -5.266458 X +7.099
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.544
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.296

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -358772.688247 X +74484.821
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.540
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.292

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -12.963221 X +81.814
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.178
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 1.013111 X +1.551
Correlation coefficient (r)0.108
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -18.894651 X +10.841
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.283
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080