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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:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Russian Federation61.3%
2 Philippines60.4%
3 Bulgaria57.8%
4 Cyprus54.7%
5 Hungary52.7%
6 Poland51.7%
7 Israel50.6%
8 Brazil50.2%
9 Latvia46.6%
10 Slovakia45.8%
11 Australia44.1%
12 Slovenia42.1%
13 Uruguay41.0%
14 Germany40.7%
15 Czech Republic40.5%
16 Tajikistan37.4%
17 Austria36.0%
18 Japan 35.5%
19 Mexico33.5%
20 Ireland32.6%
21 Chile31.1%
22 Syrian Arab Republic29.1%
23 Finland26.5%
24 Portugal26.0%
25 United States25.1%
26 Spain24.8%
27 New Zealand24.5%
28 Denmark23.6%
29 Netherlands22.7%
30 France21.5%
31 Belgium16.8%
31 Norway16.8%
33 Switzerland15.7%

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 = -2.423183 X +7.486
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.562
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.316

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -124988.166405 X +85886.036
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.603
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.364

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -21.397651 X +86.152
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.591
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.349

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.559775 X +1.524
Correlation coefficient (r)0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.287213 X +9.709
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000