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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Divorce is usually the best solution when a couple can't seem to work out their marriage problems.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany74.5%
2 Italy65.2%
3 United States58.1%
4 Australia57.8%
5 Canada48.5%
6 Japan 35.1%

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 = 1.788251 X +5.773
Correlation coefficient (r)0.556
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.309

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 15922.586475 X +42739.598
Correlation coefficient (r)0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -8.243210 X +86.327
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.450
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.306623 X +1.282
Correlation coefficient (r)0.272
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.074

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -11.082270 X +18.715
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.455
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.207