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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:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland91.5%
2 Brazil90.5%
3 Chile89.1%
4 South Africa86.9%
5 Italy86.6%
6 Finland 86.3%
7 Hungary83.3%
8 United Kingdom81.1%
9 Canada80.4%
10 Austria80.2%
11 Germany79.8%
12 United States79.6%
13 Israel79.5%
14 France79.2%
15 Czech Republic79.1%
16 Latvia78.5%
17 Japan76.7%
18 Slovenia76.6%
19 New Zealand75.9%
20 Spain75.8%
21 Philippines74.7%
22 Russian Federation74.5%
23 Switzerland70.7%
24 Australia70.6%
24 Norway70.6%
26 Denmark66.6%
27 Cyprus64.5%

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 211 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -2.747095 X +8.835
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.286
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -165114.009704 X +170203.409
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.473
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.224

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -20.448484 X +95.467
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.349550 X +1.357
Correlation coefficient (r)0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 6.248290 X +7.577
Correlation coefficient (r)0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006