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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:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark89.4%
2 Switzerland86.1%
3 France82.5%
4 Slovenia81.7%
5 Austria80.6%
6 Norway80.4%
7 Finland79.2%
8 Czech Republic76.1%
9 Syrian Arab Republic74.7%
10 Spain71.2%
11 Belgium71.1%
12 Latvia68.6%
13 Netherlands67.9%
14 Brazil66.4%
15 Bulgaria65.9%
16 Chile65.8%
17 Ireland63.3%
18 United States62.1%
19 Russian Federation61.6%
20 Hungary 61.4%
21 Germany61.3%
22 Portugal57.9%
23 Israel57.1%
24 New Zealand53.8%
25 Mexico53.2%
26 Poland51.6%
27 Australia51.5%
28 Cyprus49.3%
29 Uruguay47.9%
30 Slovakia47.8%
31 Tajikistan37.4%
32 Philippines35.9%
33 Japan31.5%

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 205 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 2.158527 X +5.224
Correlation coefficient (r)0.548
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.300

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 89492.394529 X -15321.158
Correlation coefficient (r)0.486
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.236

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 7.585382 X +74.267
Correlation coefficient (r)0.281
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.079

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.952288 X +2.279
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.292
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 3.553114 X +7.350
Correlation coefficient (r)0.118
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014