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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:
1 Sweden70.7%
2 Australia62.7%
3 Germany55.7%
4 United Kingdom53.1%
5 United States45.1%
6 France 43.2%
7 Japan38.0%
8 Italy26.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.506618 X +5.461
Correlation coefficient (r)0.894
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.799

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 56260.691094 X +22466.724
Correlation coefficient (r)0.536
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.287

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.556450 X +81.463
Correlation coefficient (r)0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.879746 X +1.135
Correlation coefficient (r)0.625
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.391

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 9.459713 X +5.269
Correlation coefficient (r)0.403
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162