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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:
32 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark91.8%
2 Iceland89.0%
3 Finland84.2%
4 Norway81.6%
5 Netherlands80.1%
6 France79.1%
6 Portugal79.1%
8 Germany78.7%
9 Austria75.7%
10 Belgium74.8%
11 Ireland72.7%
12 Hungary72.5%
13 Argentina70.1%
14 Australia69.5%
15 Canada66.7%
16 Poland66.5%
17 Chile60.4%
18 Croatia54.8%
19 Mexico53.2%
20 Israel51.5%
21 Bulgaria51.1%
22 Taiwan47.6%
23 Latvia46.4%
24 Japan 43.1%
25 Czech Republic41.1%
26 Russian Federation37.8%
27 Philippines35.5%
28 Slovakia28.1%
29 Lithuania25.3%
30 India22.9%
31 Republic of Korea22.2%
32 China17.9%

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 = 2.091556 X +5.292
Correlation coefficient (r)0.621
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.386

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 76005.284789 X -7258.965
Correlation coefficient (r)0.621
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.386

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 12.269099 X +70.951
Correlation coefficient (r)0.535
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.286

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.073462 X +1.608
Correlation coefficient (r)0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -5.497012 X +13.836
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.272
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.074