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Question: Generally speaking, would you say that people can be trusted or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people?
Choices: "People can almost always be trusted" "People can usually be trusted" "You usually can't be too careful in dealing with people" "You almost always can't be too careful in dealing with people"
Data: % of "People can almost always be trusted" "People can usually be trusted"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden73.7%
2 Australia60.8%
3 Germany52.1%
4 Republic of Korea50.2%
5 United Kingdom50.1%
6 United States37.5%
7 France 34.0%
8 Japan33.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.123314 X +5.685
Correlation coefficient (r)0.615
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.378

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 26232.115760 X +37159.426
Correlation coefficient (r)0.241
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 4.959948 X +79.393
Correlation coefficient (r)0.267
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.168608 X +1.431
Correlation coefficient (r)0.073
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.235023 X +12.156
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.007
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000