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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - The main advantage of marriage is that it gives financial security.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 42.4%
2 Germany41.1%
3 United States21.5%
4 Italy18.2%
5 Australia16.1%
6 Canada7.8%

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 = -1.505600 X +7.153
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.485
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.235

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -29405.941673 X +58950.523
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 3.566345 X +80.792
Correlation coefficient (r)0.202
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.014636 X +1.459
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.013
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 8.473423 X +10.373
Correlation coefficient (r)0.360
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130