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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 our countryfs education system?
Choices: "Optimistic" "Pessimistic"
Data: % of "Optimistic"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Czech Republic67.3%
2 Canada66.2%
3 Lithuania61.8%
4 Netherlands61.4%
5 Slovakia60.9%
6 Poland60.7%
7 Israel60.5%
7 Sweden60.5%
9 Italy60.4%
10 Australia59.9%
11 Mexico55.2%
12 Germany55.1%
13 Japan48.4%
14 United Kingdom48.0%
15 Hungary44.6%
16 Spain40.8%
17 France40.6%
17 Turkiye40.6%
19 United States 39.6%
20 Republic of Korea35.5%
21 Greece29.3%

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 = 3.043372 X +4.961
Correlation coefficient (r)0.605
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.366

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 28879.505055 X +22230.009
Correlation coefficient (r)0.174
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -2.777127 X +80.980
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.076
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 1.000160 X +1.069
Correlation coefficient (r)0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 1.622804 X +8.769
Correlation coefficient (r)0.037
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001