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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Most of the time we can trust people in government to do what is right."
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark55.0%
2 Finland45.8%
3 Switzerland45.6%
4 Ireland43.7%
5 Australia40.4%
6 New Zealand40.0%
7 Chile 37.8%
8 Canada37.2%
9 Sweden36.5%
10 Spain32.8%
11 United States30.6%
12 Netherlands28.5%
12 United Kingdom28.5%
14 Norway27.2%
15 Slovenia25.9%
16 Portugal25.8%
17 Belgium24.5%
18 Hungary23.4%
19 Israel23.0%
20 Republic of Korea22.8%
21 France22.1%
22 Mexico21.2%
23 Czech Republic19.5%
24 Latvia19.4%
25 Austria19.0%
26 Poland10.9%
27 Slovakia10.4%
28 Germany9.9%
29 Japan8.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 9 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 2.355335 X +6.104
Correlation coefficient (r)0.587
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.345

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 113100.073628 X +14875.624
Correlation coefficient (r)0.526
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.277

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 11.794087 X +76.984
Correlation coefficient (r)0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.095267 X +1.572
Correlation coefficient (r)0.033
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.982352 X +10.942
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.067
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004