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Question: Thinking about the future of (survey country), please tell me whether you feel generally optimistic or generally pessimistic about the following areas. How about the availability of well-paying jobs?
Choices: "Optimistic" "Pessimistic"
Data: % of "Optimistic"
Period:
Area:
3 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Argentina44.7%
2 Mexico43.1%
3 Brazil 29.9%

Note
Neither/ Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 30 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes Survey" Spring 2019.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 0.841754 X +6.049
Correlation coefficient (r)0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 22803.354891 X +3822.817
Correlation coefficient (r)1.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)1.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 15.289006 X +68.768
Correlation coefficient (r)0.920
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.846

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 1.533953 X +1.168
Correlation coefficient (r)0.976
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.953

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 3.885408 X +5.089
Correlation coefficient (r)0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048