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Question: When children today in (survey country) grow up, do you think they will be better off or worse off financially than their parents?
Choices: "Better off" "Worse off"
Data: % of "Better off"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany55.8%
2 Republic of Korea42.9%
3 Sweden40.4%
4 United States34.8%
5 Canada31.5%
6 Australia30.0%
7 Italy 27.5%
8 United Kingdom24.0%
9 France18.5%
10 Japan13.6%

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

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes Survey" Spring 2019.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 0.901694 X +6.367
Correlation coefficient (r)0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 27647.655260 X +40110.998
Correlation coefficient (r)0.237
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -4.371895 X +83.395
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.235
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -0.310083 X +1.578
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 9.135673 X +8.186
Correlation coefficient (r)0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061