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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - The main purpose of marriage these days is to have children.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy39.3%
2 Germany23.0%
3 Australia22.6%
4 United States18.9%
5 Japan 18.8%
6 Canada10.4%

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 = -1.322772 X +7.077
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.289
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -64579.176071 X +66056.217
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.469
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.220

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 3.269631 X +80.942
Correlation coefficient (r)0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.689612 X +1.608
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.428
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.183

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -24.728874 X +17.932
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.711
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.506