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Question: How much you agree or disagree with the statement "Most civil servants can be trusted to do what is best for the country"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ireland56.7%
2 Denmark56.5%
3 Finland 45.4%
4 Norway34.9%
5 New Zealand33.0%
6 Australia29.8%
7 Canada29.4%
8 Netherlands26.9%
9 Spain26.6%
10 Slovenia25.7%
11 Germany23.0%
12 Latvia22.9%
13 United States22.6%
14 Israel21.7%
15 Portugal21.5%
16 Chile21.1%
17 Republic of Korea20.4%
18 Hungary19.0%
19 France18.8%
20 Switzerland16.7%
21 Poland12.6%
22 Czech Republic11.7%
23 Japan10.6%

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. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 15 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 2.441180 X +6.112
Correlation coefficient (r)0.595
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.354

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 120562.215435 X +16782.632
Correlation coefficient (r)0.553
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.306

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 6.602724 X +78.991
Correlation coefficient (r)0.257
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 0.235415 X +1.530
Correlation coefficient (r)0.076
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -3.502872 X +11.489
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.121
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015