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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:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark81.4%
2 Norway75.4%
3 Sweden73.7%
4 Iceland69.0%
5 Netherlands65.7%
6 Switzerland64.9%
7 Finland63.1%
8 Australia60.8%
9 Austria60.0%
10 Czech Republic56.0%
11 Germany52.1%
12 Republic of Korea50.2%
13 United Kingdom50.1%
14 Spain49.5%
15 Belgium41.8%
16 Hungary40.7%
17 United States37.5%
18 Israel37.4%
19 France34.0%
20 Japan 33.9%
21 Slovakia32.5%
22 Slovenia29.9%
23 Lithuania24.2%
24 Poland20.2%
25 Chile19.0%
26 Turkiye14.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 2.905906 X +5.416
Correlation coefficient (r)0.788
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.621

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 92320.435987 X +1860.934
Correlation coefficient (r)0.773
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.598

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 7.859135 X +76.924
Correlation coefficient (r)0.551
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.304

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.300414 X +1.731
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.164
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.199120 X +13.467
Correlation coefficient (r)0.007
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000