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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 reducing the gap between the rich and poor?
Choices: "Optimistic" "Pessimistic"
Data: % of "Optimistic"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 United States33.5%
4 Canada 28.2%
6 Italy26.6%
7 Japan25.8%
8 United Kingdom20.6%
9 Germany18.3%
10 France14.0%

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

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.203702 X +6.632
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 108537.335341 X +24840.236
Correlation coefficient (r)0.464
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.215

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -13.795305 X +84.805
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.433
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.200439 X +1.761
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.375
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 21.769527 X +4.266
Correlation coefficient (r)0.426
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181