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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:
1 Sweden41.2%
2 United States33.5%
3 Australia28.6%
4 Canada28.2%
5 Republic of Korea26.9%
6 Italy26.6%
7 Japan25.8%
8 United Kingdom20.6%
9 Germany18.3%
10 France 14.0%

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 data10
Regression equation
Y = 2.168479 X +6.083
Correlation coefficient (r)0.403
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 84515.538018 X +26643.853
Correlation coefficient (r)0.451
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -1.236867 X +82.326
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -0.264185 X +1.549
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 20.772580 X +5.622
Correlation coefficient (r)0.347
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120