Tweet
Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Married people are generally happier than unmarried people.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland62.2%
2 Hungary59.2%
3 Israel49.8%
4 Czech Republic45.8%
5 Austria45.2%
6 Australia44.0%
7 Slovenia43.1%
8 Germany42.7%
9 Japan 40.2%
10 Ireland33.4%
11 Spain33.0%
12 Canada32.3%
13 Italy31.8%
14 New Zealand25.0%
15 United States24.8%
16 Switzerland18.9%
17 Norway17.7%
18 Netherlands13.5%

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 = -1.408853 X +7.298
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.485
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.235

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -128131.895524 X +99886.052
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.643
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.413

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -11.252448 X +85.170
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.515
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.265

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 0.514603 X +1.423
Correlation coefficient (r)0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 0.049753 X +9.676
Correlation coefficient (r)0.002
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000