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Question: How much you agree or disagree with the statement "Most civil servants can be trusted to do what is best for the country"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ireland52.0%
2 Philippines41.2%
3 Norway37.5%
4 Cyprus37.0%
5 Syrian Arab Republic33.4%
6 Israel33.1%
7 Bulgaria27.0%
8 Australia25.9%
9 United States24.8%
10 New Zealand24.7%
11 Canada24.5%
12 Spain24.4%
13 Slovenia24.1%
14 Germany23.3%
15 Latvia22.6%
16 Uruguay20.0%
17 France19.3%
18 Japan 18.7%
19 Poland17.2%
20 Czech Republic15.7%
21 Hungary14.8%
21 Russian Federation14.8%
23 Switzerland12.0%
24 Italy10.6%

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

No data for 214 countries.

Source
ISSP 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 0.845619 X +6.341
Correlation coefficient (r)0.173
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 102621.236564 X +17746.990
Correlation coefficient (r)0.355
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.126

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.015737 X +78.759
Correlation coefficient (r)0.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.106173 X +1.171
Correlation coefficient (r)0.444
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.197

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -20.126445 X +14.824
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166