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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:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France82.5%
2 United States62.1%
3 Germany61.3%
4 Australia51.5%
5 Japan 31.5%

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

No data for 5 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.203949 X +6.084
Correlation coefficient (r)0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 11210.046873 X +47072.435
Correlation coefficient (r)0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -6.930145 X +85.644
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.462
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.916071 X +1.055
Correlation coefficient (r)0.956
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.914

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.938482 X +15.120
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046