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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - It is better to have a bad marriage than no marriage at all.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Tajikistan50.7%
2 Philippines26.4%
3 Mexico16.8%
4 Bulgaria15.7%
5 Israel15.4%
6 Russian Federation15.0%
7 Czech Republic14.0%
8 Chile13.8%
9 Brazil12.2%
10 Poland9.7%
11 Japan9.5%
11 Spain9.5%
13 Latvia9.2%
14 Hungary8.8%
15 Slovenia8.5%
16 Slovakia 7.0%
17 Belgium6.7%
18 Uruguay5.8%
19 Switzerland5.4%
20 Ireland5.3%
21 Finland4.8%
22 Austria4.3%
23 Portugal3.6%
23 Syrian Arab Republic3.6%
25 Denmark3.2%
26 Germany3.1%
27 France3.0%
28 New Zealand2.9%
29 Australia2.8%
29 Norway2.8%
31 United States2.5%
32 Netherlands2.1%
33 Cyprus1.9%

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 = -3.529248 X +6.918
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.572
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.327

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -167720.703366 X +56950.606
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.581
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.338

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -25.248892 X +81.417
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.595
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.354

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 3.355917 X +1.364
Correlation coefficient (r)0.655
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.429

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -11.423448 X +10.662
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059