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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:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France79.4%
2 Germany70.4%
3 United States69.6%
4 Australia65.3%
5 Japan 42.5%

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

No data for 5 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 2.323058 X +5.260
Correlation coefficient (r)0.714
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.510

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 33384.144200 X +31703.016
Correlation coefficient (r)0.367
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -10.749988 X +88.675
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.534
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.285

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.179107 X +0.812
Correlation coefficient (r)0.917
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.841

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -4.206791 X +16.753
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.346
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120