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Question: Thinking about the future of (survey country), please tell me whether you feel generally optimistic or generally pessimistic about the following areas. How about our countryfs culture?
Choices: "Optimistic" "Pessimistic"
Data: % of "Optimistic"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 80.6%
2 Republic of Korea78.5%
3 Sweden77.9%
4 Canada75.2%
5 Germany74.0%
6 Australia69.5%
7 France68.8%
8 Italy67.6%
9 United Kingdom66.2%
10 United States57.5%

Note
Neither/ 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 = -1.124480 X +7.459
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.191
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -114085.223222 X +130592.803
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.556
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.309

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 26.994648 X +62.677
Correlation coefficient (r)0.824
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.679

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -1.912796 X +2.848
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.452
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.204

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 18.879107 X -2.414
Correlation coefficient (r)0.288
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.083