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Question: Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted, or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people?
Scale: 1 "You can't be too careful" - 5 "Most people can be trusted"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
4 Germany2.94
5 United States2.85
6 France 2.73
7 Japan2.62
8 Italy2.55

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2020

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.495656 X +2.392
Correlation coefficient (r)0.829
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.687

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 80163.946241 X -168990.485
Correlation coefficient (r)0.681
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.464

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -11.536813 X +113.028
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.723
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.523

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.835995 X -0.805
Correlation coefficient (r)0.549
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.301

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 9.350409 X -15.801
Correlation coefficient (r)0.385
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.148