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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 reducing the gap between the rich and poor?
Choices: "Optimistic" "Pessimistic"
Data: % of "Optimistic"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 India62.4%
2 Indonesia61.3%
3 Philippines55.6%
4 Mexico49.8%
5 Poland49.6%
6 Argentina45.2%
7 Nigeria44.5%
8 Kenya42.1%
9 Sweden 41.2%
10 South Africa39.7%
11 Ukraine38.1%
12 Turkiye36.1%
13 Netherlands35.9%
14 United States33.5%
15 Tunisia30.3%
16 Czech Republic29.4%
17 Australia28.6%
18 Slovakia28.3%
19 Canada28.2%
20 Israel27.8%
20 Lithuania27.8%
22 Republic of Korea26.9%
23 Italy26.6%
24 Japan25.8%
25 Hungary25.3%
26 Brazil23.5%
27 Lebanon21.6%
27 Russian Federation21.6%
29 United Kingdom20.6%
30 Germany18.3%
31 Bulgaria17.3%
32 Spain15.8%
33 France14.0%
34 Greece12.3%

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 = -1.536039 X +6.491
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -59197.588515 X +44825.216
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -30.492145 X +85.148
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.535
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.286

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 2.297256 X +1.115
Correlation coefficient (r)0.380
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -1.137696 X +10.007
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001