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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%
2 Republic of Korea76.2%
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 5 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.688413 X +5.961
Correlation coefficient (r)0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 98830.302208 X -21231.282
Correlation coefficient (r)0.656
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.430

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -19.157828 X +94.657
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.713
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.508

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -0.366590 X +1.688
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.109
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 25.786142 X -4.570
Correlation coefficient (r)0.602
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.362