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Question: Overall, do you think having people of many different backgrounds, such as different ethnic groups, religions and races, makes [SURVEY PUBLIC] a better place to live or a worse place to live?
Choices: "A better place to live" "A worse place to live"
Data: % of "A better place to live"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada90.4%
2 United States89.6%
3 United Kingdom87.9%
4 Australia87.0%
5 Sweden79.4%
6 Germany 78.6%
7 France75.3%
8 Italy74.2%
9 Republic of Korea62.7%
10 Japan42.7%

Note
Those who answer "Same"/ Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2021. For the United States, "American Trends Panel Wave 82" February 2-7, 2021.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 2.091051 X +5.049
Correlation coefficient (r)0.746
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.557

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 70087.639446 X -4882.690
Correlation coefficient (r)0.717
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.514

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -8.706091 X +88.685
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.558
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.311

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 1.077736 X +0.652
Correlation coefficient (r)0.536
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.287

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -8.930196 X +17.957
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.287
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082