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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:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany68.9%
2 Canada67.4%
3 United States64.6%
4 Italy59.4%
5 Australia57.0%
6 Japan 37.3%

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

No data for 4 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 3.091315 X +4.957
Correlation coefficient (r)0.821
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.674

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 48959.313696 X +22806.212
Correlation coefficient (r)0.433
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -14.554318 X +90.268
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.679
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.461

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.515024 X +1.151
Correlation coefficient (r)0.390
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.152

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -7.519410 X +16.894
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.264
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070