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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:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea56.8%
2 Canada34.7%
3 Germany31.6%
4 Japan 29.8%
5 Australia27.3%
6 France17.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 4 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -2.152986 X +7.356
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.526
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.277

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -37673.911184 X +59973.441
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.482
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.232

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 1.905477 X +82.039
Correlation coefficient (r)0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -2.454531 X +2.228
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.970
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.941

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 41.326796 X +2.106
Correlation coefficient (r)0.841
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.707