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Question: Do you see yourself as someone who is generally trusting?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States85.5%
3 France 64.2%
4 Germany61.6%
5 Japan56.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 1.494581 X +5.528
Correlation coefficient (r)0.604
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.365

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 153458.387367 X -49160.526
Correlation coefficient (r)0.968
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.937

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -20.366161 X +94.705
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.932
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.869

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 1.038777 X +0.850
Correlation coefficient (r)0.569
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.324

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 14.313474 X +1.588
Correlation coefficient (r)0.661
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.437