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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Watching children grow up is life's greatest joy.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy94.0%
2 Germany91.9%
3 Sweden91.3%
4 Japan 86.7%
5 Australia82.4%
6 United States82.1%
7 United Kingdom79.3%
8 Canada74.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.163809 X +7.872
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -56109.000062 X +100070.852
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.327
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.107

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 7.010672 X +75.682
Correlation coefficient (r)0.223
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.403430 X +1.838
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -3.442107 X +15.099
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005