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Question: Please tell me whether you completely agree, mostly agree, mostly disagree or completely disagree with the following statements. How about "Most people are better off in a free market economy, even though some people are rich and some are poor"?
Choices: "Completely agree" "Mostly agree" "Mostly disagree" "Completely disagree"
Data: % of "Completely agree" "Mostly agree"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea82.7%
2 United States77.7%
3 Sweden74.8%
4 Germany74.1%
5 United Kingdom72.8%
6 Australia72.7%
7 Canada70.2%
8 Italy66.0%
9 France 60.4%
10 Japan45.7%

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 = 1.453341 X +5.641
Correlation coefficient (r)0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 57405.904404 X +8912.944
Correlation coefficient (r)0.414
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -9.040393 X +88.302
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.409
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.167

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -0.314554 X +1.698
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 15.435136 X +0.340
Correlation coefficient (r)0.349
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122