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Question: Generally speaking, would you say that people can be trusted or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people?
Choices: "People can almost always be trusted" "People can usually be trusted" "You usually can't be too careful in dealing with people" "You almost always can't be too careful in dealing with people"
Data: % of "People can almost always be trusted" "People can usually be trusted"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark85.1%
2 Norway82.8%
3 Finland72.2%
4 Iceland71.8%
5 Sweden70.7%
6 New Zealand67.9%
7 Austria66.2%
8 Australia 62.7%
9 Switzerland62.6%
10 Czech Republic56.1%
11 Germany55.7%
12 United Kingdom53.1%
13 Israel50.0%
14 United States45.1%
15 France43.2%
16 Lithuania39.5%
17 Japan38.0%
18 Slovenia29.3%
19 Italy26.3%
20 Chile13.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 1.873785 X +5.918
Correlation coefficient (r)0.812
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.659

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 77426.076743 X +11601.847
Correlation coefficient (r)0.679
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.461

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 3.064974 X +79.757
Correlation coefficient (r)0.279
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.005964 X +1.570
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.003
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.042912 X +10.470
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.002
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000