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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - It is better to have a bad marriage than no marriage at all.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 10.3%
2 Italy5.0%
3 Australia2.9%
4 Germany2.8%
5 Canada2.5%
6 United States2.4%

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 = -13.452837 X +7.365
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.949
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.901

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -283326.895440 X +63971.444
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.665
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.442

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 53.173963 X +79.371
Correlation coefficient (r)0.658
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.433

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -2.903361 X +1.580
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.583
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.340

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 15.699814 X +11.772
Correlation coefficient (r)0.146
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021