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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the statement "There are only a few people I can trust completely."
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy86.6%
2 United Kingdom81.1%
3 Canada80.4%
4 Germany79.8%
5 United States79.6%
6 France79.2%
7 Japan 76.7%
8 Australia70.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.077071 X +8.438
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.247
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -136617.171933 X +158581.984
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.535
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.286

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -13.837888 X +92.604
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.530031 X +2.728
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.370
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.137

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -41.275263 X +44.761
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.561
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.315