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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden73.3%
2 Germany58.5%
3 Australia57.9%
4 United Kingdom56.4%
5 United States40.9%
6 France 40.5%
7 Japan35.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.550206 X +5.431
Correlation coefficient (r)0.867
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.752

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 24121.156843 X +40043.241
Correlation coefficient (r)0.226
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3.578696 X +79.732
Correlation coefficient (r)0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.325786 X +1.446
Correlation coefficient (r)0.267
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -4.581080 X +13.112
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.235
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055