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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - It is all right for a couple to live together without intending to get married.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Netherlands83.5%
2 Switzerland82.7%
3 Russian Federation79.9%
4 Norway74.0%
5 Hungary70.8%
6 Germany68.9%
7 Canada67.4%
8 United States64.6%
9 Spain64.0%
10 Austria63.7%
11 Israel60.7%
12 Italy59.4%
13 New Zealand57.5%
14 Slovenia57.4%
15 Australia57.0%
16 Czech Republic54.3%
17 Poland52.7%
18 Bulgaria51.9%
19 Ireland50.9%
20 Uruguay 41.8%
21 Japan37.3%
22 Philippines17.1%

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

No data for 216 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 1.686161 X +5.681
Correlation coefficient (r)0.407
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 76984.440610 X -1991.500
Correlation coefficient (r)0.432
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 6.093131 X +76.056
Correlation coefficient (r)0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.991655 X +2.221
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.394
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.155

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 11.734110 X +5.659
Correlation coefficient (r)0.344
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118