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Question: Do you see yourself as someone who is generally trusting?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ireland93.7%
2 New Zealand91.3%
3 Denmark90.2%
4 Switzerland85.5%
4 United States85.5%
6 Belgium84.6%
7 Republic of Korea76.2%
8 Philippines 71.0%
9 Netherlands70.0%
10 Israel69.7%
11 Russian Federation66.6%
12 France64.2%
13 Mexico62.9%
14 Germany61.6%
15 Dominican Republic60.7%
16 Japan56.4%
17 Taiwan51.5%
18 Czech Republic50.2%
19 Latvia41.4%

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

No data for 219 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 2.121119 X +5.169
Correlation coefficient (r)0.488
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.238

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 119158.724805 X -40186.480
Correlation coefficient (r)0.668
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.446

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 9.923234 X +72.267
Correlation coefficient (r)0.352
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.124

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -0.386580 X +2.008
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -1.716941 X +14.395
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.037
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001