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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 Japan80.6%
4 Canada75.2%
5 Germany74.0%
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 data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.550227 X +7.669
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.397
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -150435.757087 X +156017.682
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.726
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.527

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 20.112129 X +67.439
Correlation coefficient (r)0.713
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.508

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.711901 X +2.672
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.603
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.364

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -3.586382 X +11.970
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006