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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 Sweden70.7%
2 Australia62.7%
3 Germany55.7%
4 United Kingdom53.1%
5 United States45.1%
6 France43.2%
7 Japan 38.0%
8 Italy26.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.533319 X +5.586
Correlation coefficient (r)0.842
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.709

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 56609.855174 X +23369.661
Correlation coefficient (r)0.671
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.450

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.301188 X +81.874
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.020
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.718009 X +1.193
Correlation coefficient (r)0.549
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.301

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 7.623323 X +8.650
Correlation coefficient (r)0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099