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Question: Now Ifm going to read a list of political leaders. For each, tell me how much confidence you have in each leader to do the right thing regarding world affairs. - German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Choices: "A lot of confidence" "Some confidence" "Not too much confidence" "No confidence at all"
Data: % of "A lot of confidence" "Some confidence"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden90.1%
2 Canada 85.3%
3 Australia80.8%
4 Republic of Korea79.5%
5 Germany79.0%
6 France76.9%
7 United Kingdom76.8%
8 Japan76.1%
9 United States71.1%
10 Italy49.2%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 1.916907 X +5.188
Correlation coefficient (r)0.506
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.256

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 40184.717777 X +18197.328
Correlation coefficient (r)0.304
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 3.422048 X +79.383
Correlation coefficient (r)0.162
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 0.641720 X +0.988
Correlation coefficient (r)0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 18.528454 X -3.071
Correlation coefficient (r)0.440
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194