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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 Mexico 43.1%
3 Brazil29.9%

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 = 22563.055780 X +2594.761
Correlation coefficient (r)0.878
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.771

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 3.152789 X +71.563
Correlation coefficient (r)0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 1.563258 X +1.170
Correlation coefficient (r)0.985
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.970

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