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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Most of the time we can trust people in government to do what is right."
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden47.4%
2 Australia39.0%
3 United Kingdom28.6%
4 Germany23.1%
5 United States21.0%
6 Republic of Korea20.2%
7 France 15.1%
8 Japan9.3%

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 data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.067388 X +5.884
Correlation coefficient (r)0.869
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.755

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 58403.411002 X +35152.031
Correlation coefficient (r)0.483
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.233

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.650080 X +81.405
Correlation coefficient (r)0.080
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.836204 X +1.301
Correlation coefficient (r)0.324
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.105

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.399055 X +13.161
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016