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Question: Overall, do you think having people of many different backgrounds, such as different ethnic groups, religions and races, makes [SURVEY PUBLIC] a better place to live or a worse place to live?
Choices: "A better place to live" "A worse place to live"
Data: % of "A better place to live"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada90.4%
2 United States89.6%
3 United Kingdom87.9%
6 Germany78.6%
7 France75.3%
8 Italy74.2%
10 Japan42.7%

Note
Those who answer "Same"/ Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2021. For the United States, "American Trends Panel Wave 82" February 2-7, 2021.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.620266 X +5.337
Correlation coefficient (r)0.923
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.852

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 62894.555823 X +2332.290
Correlation coefficient (r)0.674
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.454

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -8.496931 X +88.053
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.669
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.448

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.547835 X +1.053
Correlation coefficient (r)0.429
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.184

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.180889 X +11.138
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011