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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 the availability of well-paying jobs?
Choices: "Optimistic" "Pessimistic"
Data: % of "Optimistic"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines81.2%
2 Sweden73.2%
3 Netherlands72.2%
4 Indonesia63.8%
5 United States63.6%
6 Canada60.2%
7 Germany60.1%
8 Czech Republic59.9%
9 India58.7%
10 Ukraine56.0%
11 Poland53.3%
12 Australia52.5%
13 Israel 51.7%
14 Nigeria50.9%
15 Argentina44.7%
16 Kenya43.8%
17 Mexico43.1%
18 Hungary42.2%
19 United Kingdom42.1%
20 South Africa39.6%
21 Slovakia39.5%
22 Tunisia37.4%
23 Lithuania35.7%
24 Bulgaria35.1%
25 Japan33.6%
26 France33.0%
27 Russian Federation31.0%
28 Turkiye30.5%
29 Brazil29.9%
30 Republic of Korea29.2%
31 Lebanon27.8%
32 Italy25.1%
33 Spain23.3%
34 Greece17.0%

Note
Neither/ Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 204 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes Survey" Spring 2019.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 1.838831 X +5.158
Correlation coefficient (r)0.278
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 35849.312829 X +9338.881
Correlation coefficient (r)0.267
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -5.338487 X +77.658
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 1.219183 X +1.309
Correlation coefficient (r)0.243
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 0.398978 X +9.456
Correlation coefficient (r)0.011
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000