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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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines 52.8%
2 Japan38.5%
3 Israel37.1%
4 Uruguay33.4%
5 Chile32.5%
6 Portugal29.6%
7 Slovakia29.1%
8 Italy29.0%
9 Ireland28.0%
10 Poland26.7%
11 Australia25.4%
12 Canada23.5%
13 New Zealand22.3%
14 Bulgaria21.1%
15 Hungary20.9%
16 Russian Federation18.4%
17 Cyprus17.7%
18 Netherlands15.3%
19 United States15.0%
20 Latvia14.9%
21 Spain13.4%
22 Czech Republic11.2%
23 Norway9.6%
24 Syrian Arab Republic9.0%
25 Austria8.9%
26 Germany8.6%
27 France8.3%
28 Slovenia7.5%
29 Denmark6.8%
30 Switzerland3.8%

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 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -2.268295 X +7.115
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.426
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -90877.539378 X +60330.995
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.409
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.167

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -5.133209 X +80.581
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.922236 X +1.459
Correlation coefficient (r)0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -11.973070 X +14.531
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.258
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067