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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
3 Germany52.1%
5 United Kingdom50.1%
6 United States37.5%
7 France 34.0%
8 Japan33.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.922707 X +5.774
Correlation coefficient (r)0.587
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.345

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 14994.309704 X +46427.363
Correlation coefficient (r)0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -3.524190 X +82.743
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.127
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -0.271237 X +1.663
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.119
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -24.544144 X +20.501
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.711
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.506