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Question: How much confidence do you have in schools and the educational system?
Choices: "Complete confidence" "A great deal of confidence" "Some confidence" "Very little confidence" "No confidence at all"
Data: % of "Complete confidence" "A great deal of confidence" "Some confidence"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia86.6%
2 United Kingdom86.5%
3 Germany84.0%
4 France 81.7%
5 United States81.2%
6 Italy78.1%
7 Sweden76.6%
8 Republic of Korea76.4%
9 Japan63.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 3.366979 X +3.954
Correlation coefficient (r)0.560
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.314

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 101558.624140 X -32374.152
Correlation coefficient (r)0.479
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.229

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -15.205756 X +94.005
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.446
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.199

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.066196 X -0.156
Correlation coefficient (r)0.469
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.220

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -20.238586 X +27.252
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.296
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088