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Question: Overall, do you think having people of many different backgrounds, such as different ethnic groups, religions and races, makes [SURVEY PUBLIC] a better place to live or a worse place to live?
Choices: "A better place to live" "A worse place to live"
Data: % of "A better place to live"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Singapore94.3%
2 Canada90.4%
3 United States89.6%
4 New Zealand89.5%
5 United Kingdom87.9%
6 Taiwan87.7%
7 Australia 87.0%
8 Spain81.4%
9 Sweden79.4%
10 Germany78.6%
11 France75.3%
12 Italy74.2%
13 Netherlands69.9%
14 Belgium68.9%
15 Republic of Korea62.7%
16 Greece50.7%
17 Japan42.7%

Note
Those who answer "Same"/ Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 221 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2021. For the United States, "American Trends Panel Wave 82" February 2-7, 2021.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 1.578965 X +5.440
Correlation coefficient (r)0.548
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.300

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 69990.955434 X -6291.970
Correlation coefficient (r)0.606
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.367

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -2.671894 X +84.066
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.206
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 0.488263 X +1.086
Correlation coefficient (r)0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -1.770896 X +11.544
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004