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Question: Generally speaking, would you say that people can be trusted or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people?
Choices: "People can almost always be trusted" "People can usually be trusted" "You usually can't be too careful in dealing with people" "You almost always can't be too careful in dealing with people"
Data: % of "People can almost always be trusted" "People can usually be trusted"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark85.1%
2 Norway82.8%
3 Finland 72.2%
4 Iceland71.8%
5 Sweden70.7%
6 New Zealand67.9%
7 Austria66.2%
8 Australia62.7%
9 Switzerland62.6%
10 Czech Republic56.1%
11 Germany55.7%
12 United Kingdom53.1%
13 Israel50.0%
14 United States45.1%
15 France43.2%
16 Lithuania39.5%
17 Japan38.0%
18 Slovenia29.3%
19 Italy26.3%
20 Chile13.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 1.873785 X +5.918
Correlation coefficient (r)0.812
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.659

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 86558.696674 X +4982.213
Correlation coefficient (r)0.711
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.506

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 4.658122 X +78.698
Correlation coefficient (r)0.337
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.217311 X +1.536
Correlation coefficient (r)0.116
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.042912 X +10.470
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.002
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000