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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Married people are generally happier than unmarried people.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia44.1%
2 Germany40.7%
3 Japan 35.5%
4 United States25.1%
5 France21.5%

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 = 1.007892 X +6.443
Correlation coefficient (r)0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 7882.337570 X +50918.476
Correlation coefficient (r)0.061
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 12.246007 X +77.552
Correlation coefficient (r)0.431
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.186

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.134501 X +1.963
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.625
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.391

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -10.656200 X +17.557
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.621
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.386