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Question: How much confidence do you have in schools and the educational system?
Choices: "Complete confidence" "A great deal of confidence" "Some confidence" "Very little confidence" "No confidence at all"
Data: % of "Complete confidence" "A great deal of confidence" "Some confidence"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland97.1%
2 Norway94.6%
3 Switzerland92.6%
4 Denmark90.4%
5 Iceland88.6%
6 Austria87.6%
6 Slovenia87.6%
8 Lithuania87.4%
9 Germany87.0%
10 United Kingdom86.3%
11 New Zealand85.3%
11 Spain85.3%
13 Hungary83.7%
14 Republic of Korea82.9%
15 Israel82.7%
16 United States82.5%
17 Czech Republic 82.2%
18 Sweden78.2%
19 France77.7%
20 Italy77.4%
21 Slovakia68.8%
22 Japan68.2%
23 Turkiye64.2%
24 Chile58.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 5.318709 X +2.408
Correlation coefficient (r)0.718
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.516

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 148768.772647 X -77415.809
Correlation coefficient (r)0.632
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.399

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 5.410039 X +76.364
Correlation coefficient (r)0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.570409 X +2.057
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.149
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 18.206883 X -1.815
Correlation coefficient (r)0.292
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085