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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - The main purpose of marriage these days is to have children.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria74.7%
2 Philippines71.9%
3 Hungary 65.8%
4 Russian Federation57.2%
5 Czech Republic55.2%
6 Poland52.0%
7 Israel49.7%
8 Slovenia47.8%
9 Italy39.3%
10 Spain35.7%
11 Austria30.4%
12 Ireland28.2%
13 Norway25.4%
14 Germany23.0%
15 Australia22.6%
16 United States18.9%
17 Japan18.8%
18 Netherlands14.1%
19 Switzerland13.2%
20 Uruguay13.0%
21 New Zealand12.7%
22 Canada10.4%

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 = -1.576250 X +7.192
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.636
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.404

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -87454.474208 X +77939.632
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.643
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.413

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -12.066351 X +84.314
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.683
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.466

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.850080 X +1.292
Correlation coefficient (r)0.411
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.169

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -5.163654 X +12.011
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.241
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058