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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:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico49.8%
2 Poland49.6%
3 Sweden41.2%
4 Turkiye36.1%
5 Netherlands35.9%
6 United States33.5%
7 Czech Republic29.4%
8 Australia28.6%
9 Slovakia28.3%
10 Canada28.2%
11 Israel27.8%
11 Lithuania27.8%
13 Republic of Korea 26.9%
14 Italy26.6%
15 Japan25.8%
16 Hungary25.3%
17 United Kingdom20.6%
18 Germany18.3%
19 Spain15.8%
20 France14.0%
21 Greece12.3%

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 = 0.807765 X +6.319
Correlation coefficient (r)0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -20008.888098 X +45419.738
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.109
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -12.506814 X +83.879
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.434
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.188

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.386577 X +1.420
Correlation coefficient (r)0.097
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 3.116688 X +8.724
Correlation coefficient (r)0.064
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004