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Question: Please tell me which statement is closer to your view, even if neither is exactly right.
Choices: "(Survey country) will be better off in the future if it sticks to its traditions and way of life" "(Survey country) will be better off in the future if it is open to changes regarding its traditions and way of life"
Data: % of "(Survey country) will be better off in the future if it is open to changes regarding its traditions and way of life"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea77.1%
2 United Kingdom72.7%
3 Australia70.8%
4 Canada68.8%
5 Japan67.5%
6 Netherlands67.1%
7 Belgium67.0%
8 Germany66.7%
9 Italy66.3%
10 Spain65.4%
10 Sweden65.4%
12 Poland61.4%
13 France59.6%
14 Israel 57.9%
15 Hungary49.1%
16 Greece46.8%
17 United States37.3%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 21 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2022. For the United States, Pew Research Center "American Trends Panel Wave 105" March 2022.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 0.856868 X +6.104
Correlation coefficient (r)0.184
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -1402.894132 X +44327.263
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 19.480616 X +68.915
Correlation coefficient (r)0.671
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.450

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -1.268730 X +2.356
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.288
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.083

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 7.390271 X +5.322
Correlation coefficient (r)0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029