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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Married people are generally happier than unmarried people.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
32 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Russian Federation70.4%
2 Philippines70.1%
3 Republic of Korea56.8%
4 India55.4%
5 Bulgaria54.7%
6 China53.6%
7 Czech Republic52.4%
8 Israel51.9%
9 Slovakia47.7%
10 Lithuania47.2%
11 Poland46.1%
12 Hungary 43.0%
13 Latvia42.7%
14 Croatia40.9%
15 Austria35.2%
16 Canada34.7%
17 Germany31.6%
17 Taiwan31.6%
19 Mexico30.4%
20 Japan29.8%
21 Finland28.7%
22 Portugal28.2%
23 Australia27.3%
24 Ireland25.9%
25 Chile25.3%
26 Belgium23.5%
27 Argentina22.5%
28 Netherlands21.9%
29 Denmark18.1%
30 France17.4%
31 Iceland16.3%
31 Norway16.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 206 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -2.717089 X +7.531
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.571
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.326

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -105565.913473 X +77898.637
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.639
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.408

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -16.174661 X +85.003
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.630
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.397

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.503320 X +1.396
Correlation coefficient (r)0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 5.563169 X +8.510
Correlation coefficient (r)0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038