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Question: How much confidence do you have in schools and the educational system?
Choices: "Complete confidence" "A great deal of confidence" "Some confidence" "Very little confidence" "No confidence at all"
Data: % of "Complete confidence" "A great deal of confidence" "Some confidence"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Belgium96.6%
2 Finland 96.1%
3 Switzerland93.8%
4 Poland92.3%
5 Denmark92.2%
6 Slovenia91.8%
7 Norway88.8%
8 Latvia88.7%
8 Netherlands88.7%
10 Czech Republic88.2%
11 Ireland87.8%
12 Australia86.6%
13 United Kingdom86.5%
14 Austria86.2%
15 Slovakia84.9%
16 New Zealand84.5%
17 Germany84.0%
18 Portugal83.3%
19 Spain82.7%
20 France81.7%
21 United States81.2%
22 Hungary81.1%
23 Turkiye78.3%
24 Italy78.1%
25 Sweden76.6%
26 Republic of Korea76.4%
27 Mexico71.2%
28 Israel69.8%
29 Japan63.4%
30 Chile59.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 2.483064 X +4.618
Correlation coefficient (r)0.389
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 105974.507934 X -43519.786
Correlation coefficient (r)0.368
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 2.865946 X +77.778
Correlation coefficient (r)0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.489924 X +2.011
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 8.847506 X +2.541
Correlation coefficient (r)0.205
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042