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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:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 India62.4%
2 Indonesia61.3%
3 Philippines55.6%
4 Mexico49.8%
5 Poland49.6%
6 Argentina45.2%
7 Nigeria44.5%
8 Kenya42.1%
9 Sweden41.2%
10 South Africa39.7%
11 Ukraine38.1%
12 Turkiye36.1%
13 Netherlands35.9%
14 United States33.5%
15 Tunisia30.3%
16 Czech Republic29.4%
17 Australia28.6%
18 Slovakia28.3%
19 Canada28.2%
20 Israel27.8%
20 Lithuania27.8%
22 Republic of Korea 26.9%
23 Italy26.6%
24 Japan25.8%
25 Hungary25.3%
26 Brazil23.5%
27 Lebanon21.6%
27 Russian Federation21.6%
29 United Kingdom20.6%
30 Germany18.3%
31 Bulgaria17.3%
32 Spain15.8%
33 France14.0%
34 Greece12.3%

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

No data for 204 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -1.536039 X +6.491
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -69167.256446 X +50536.517
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.416
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.173

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -28.390673 X +85.265
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.519
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.269

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 2.243004 X +1.092
Correlation coefficient (r)0.376
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -1.137696 X +10.007
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001