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Question: Thinking about the future of (survey country), please tell me whether you feel generally optimistic or generally pessimistic about the following areas. How about reducing the gap between the rich and poor?
Choices: "Optimistic" "Pessimistic"
Data: % of "Optimistic"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico49.8%
2 Poland49.6%
3 Sweden41.2%
4 Turkiye36.1%
5 Netherlands35.9%
6 United States33.5%
7 Czech Republic29.4%
8 Australia28.6%
9 Slovakia28.3%
10 Canada28.2%
11 Israel27.8%
11 Lithuania27.8%
13 Republic of Korea26.9%
14 Italy26.6%
15 Japan 25.8%
16 Hungary25.3%
17 United Kingdom20.6%
18 Germany18.3%
19 Spain15.8%
20 France14.0%
21 Greece12.3%

Note
Neither/ Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes Survey" Spring 2019.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.807765 X +6.319
Correlation coefficient (r)0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -19614.338589 X +42941.147
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -19.464426 X +85.107
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.481
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.231

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.523104 X +1.442
Correlation coefficient (r)0.127
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 3.116688 X +8.724
Correlation coefficient (r)0.064
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004