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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 our countryfs culture?
Choices: "Optimistic" "Pessimistic"
Data: % of "Optimistic"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan80.6%
2 Poland79.4%
3 Republic of Korea78.5%
4 Lithuania78.0%
5 Sweden77.9%
6 Hungary77.4%
7 Netherlands75.5%
8 Canada75.2%
9 Slovakia74.3%
10 Germany 74.0%
11 Greece72.6%
12 Czech Republic72.2%
13 Mexico72.0%
14 Australia69.5%
15 France68.8%
16 Italy67.6%
17 United Kingdom66.2%
18 Spain62.7%
19 United States57.5%
20 Turkiye56.5%
21 Israel54.4%

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

No data for 17 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.494156 X +6.200
Correlation coefficient (r)0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -56551.840195 X +79832.183
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.238
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -3.394188 X +82.705
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.091
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -3.315300 X +3.884
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.641
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.411

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 31.397795 X -12.672
Correlation coefficient (r)0.499
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.249