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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 the availability of well-paying jobs?
Choices: "Optimistic" "Pessimistic"
Data: % of "Optimistic"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden 73.2%
2 United States63.6%
3 Canada60.2%
4 Germany60.1%
5 Australia52.5%
6 United Kingdom42.1%
7 Japan33.6%
8 France33.0%
9 Republic of Korea29.2%
10 Italy25.1%

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 = 2.034006 X +5.693
Correlation coefficient (r)0.826
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.682

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 68723.225775 X +16452.003
Correlation coefficient (r)0.800
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.640

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -5.397001 X +84.551
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.394
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.155

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 0.943838 X +1.033
Correlation coefficient (r)0.534
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.285

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 1.519552 X +10.382
Correlation coefficient (r)0.055
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003