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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:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada26.3%
2 United States18.4%
3 Germany17.9%
4 Australia11.0%
5 Italy5.2%
6 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 4 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 3.732790 X +6.273
Correlation coefficient (r)0.750
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.562

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 82319.787841 X +40477.076
Correlation coefficient (r)0.550
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.303

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -16.404777 X +83.911
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.579
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.335

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.822785 X +1.342
Correlation coefficient (r)0.471
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.222

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 7.104047 X +11.478
Correlation coefficient (r)0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035