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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden73.3%
2 Germany58.5%
3 Australia57.9%
4 United Kingdom56.4%
5 United States40.9%
6 France40.5%
7 Japan 35.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.662581 X +5.510
Correlation coefficient (r)0.833
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.694

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 29074.699789 X +38507.877
Correlation coefficient (r)0.360
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.828674 X +81.214
Correlation coefficient (r)0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.167018 X +1.505
Correlation coefficient (r)0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -6.956641 X +16.832
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.343
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118