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Question: Generally speaking, would you say that people can be trusted or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people?
Choices: "People can almost always be trusted" "People can usually be trusted" "You usually can't be too careful in dealing with people" "You almost always can't be too careful in dealing with people"
Data: % of "People can almost always be trusted" "People can usually be trusted"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden65.8%
2 Canada56.9%
3 Australia54.8%
4 United States48.2%
5 Germany48.0%
6 United Kingdom46.8%
7 Republic of Korea36.7%
8 France 36.6%
9 Japan32.3%

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

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 3.591493 X +4.991
Correlation coefficient (r)0.928
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.861

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 85719.445223 X +9996.716
Correlation coefficient (r)0.653
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.426

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.395491 X +83.045
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.157175 X +0.957
Correlation coefficient (r)0.415
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.172

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -9.321605 X +16.265
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.243
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059