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Question: All in all, what do you think is the ideal number of children for a family to have?
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Data: % of 3 or more
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 58.2%
2 Republic of Korea51.1%
3 Australia44.9%
4 Canada42.0%
5 France38.7%
6 Germany22.1%

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 = -2.996933 X +7.931
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.688
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.473

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -34166.751866 X +62200.925
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.411
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.169

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 10.078971 X +78.350
Correlation coefficient (r)0.933
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.870

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.276056 X +1.967
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.474
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.225

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 23.199129 X +5.780
Correlation coefficient (r)0.443
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.196