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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:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany70.4%
2 United States59.1%
3 Canada51.0%
4 Italy48.5%
5 Australia47.8%
6 Japan 22.9%

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 = 2.169285 X +5.700
Correlation coefficient (r)0.782
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.612

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 38240.141608 X +32640.216
Correlation coefficient (r)0.458
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.210

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -11.209428 X +87.266
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.709
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.503

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.509281 X +1.201
Correlation coefficient (r)0.522
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.272

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -3.158794 X +14.028
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022