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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - It's a good idea for a couple who intend to get married to live together first.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan38.5%
2 Israel37.1%
3 Chile32.5%
4 Portugal29.6%
5 Slovakia29.1%
6 Italy29.0%
7 Ireland28.0%
8 Poland26.7%
9 Australia25.4%
10 Canada23.5%
11 New Zealand22.3%
12 Hungary20.9%
13 Netherlands15.3%
14 United States15.0%
15 Latvia14.9%
16 Spain13.4%
17 Czech Republic11.2%
18 Norway9.6%
19 Austria8.9%
20 Germany8.6%
21 France8.3%
22 Slovenia7.5%
23 Denmark6.8%
24 Switzerland 3.8%

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

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.703851 X +7.043
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.397
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -77954.487382 X +62737.415
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.302
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.444613 X +80.511
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.014
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.449356 X +1.526
Correlation coefficient (r)0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -6.744860 X +10.993
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.249
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062