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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico16.8%
2 Israel15.4%
3 Czech Republic14.0%
4 Chile13.8%
5 Poland9.7%
6 Japan 9.5%
6 Spain9.5%
8 Latvia9.2%
9 Hungary8.8%
10 Slovenia8.5%
11 Slovakia7.0%
12 Belgium6.7%
13 Switzerland5.4%
14 Ireland5.3%
15 Finland4.8%
16 Austria4.3%
17 Portugal3.6%
18 Denmark3.2%
19 Germany3.1%
20 France3.0%
21 New Zealand2.9%
22 Australia2.8%
22 Norway2.8%
24 United States2.5%
25 Netherlands2.1%

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

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -3.125193 X +6.986
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -351138.116318 X +71158.532
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.570
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.325

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -39.615671 X +82.720
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.461
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.561586 X +1.457
Correlation coefficient (r)0.345
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.119

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -20.155238 X +11.424
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094