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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 38.5%
2 Italy29.0%
3 Australia25.4%
4 Canada23.5%
5 United States15.0%
6 Germany8.6%
7 France8.3%

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

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.185158 X +7.233
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.608
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.370

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -40031.454001 X +59238.092
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.364
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 12.330007 X +79.131
Correlation coefficient (r)0.603
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.364

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.365016 X +1.798
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.764
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.584

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -4.682896 X +13.635
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029