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Question: Generally speaking, would you say that people can be trusted or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people?
Choices: "People can almost always be trusted" "People can usually be trusted" "You usually can't be too careful in dealing with people" "You almost always can't be too careful in dealing with people"
Data: % of "People can almost always be trusted" "People can usually be trusted"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden73.7%
2 Australia60.8%
3 Germany52.1%
4 Republic of Korea50.2%
5 United Kingdom50.1%
6 United States37.5%
7 France34.0%
8 Japan 33.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.205213 X +5.689
Correlation coefficient (r)0.585
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.342

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 30081.939096 X +36471.194
Correlation coefficient (r)0.345
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.119

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.445077 X +80.663
Correlation coefficient (r)0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.008891 X +1.493
Correlation coefficient (r)0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.672555 X +16.461
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.062
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004