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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:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark81.7%
2 Iceland73.7%
3 Sweden73.3%
4 Finland69.4%
5 Switzerland66.2%
6 New Zealand65.3%
7 Germany58.5%
8 Czech Republic58.4%
9 Austria58.1%
10 Australia57.9%
11 United Kingdom56.4%
12 Spain53.1%
13 Mexico48.0%
14 Hungary46.7%
15 Lithuania44.9%
16 Israel44.1%
17 Slovakia43.2%
18 United States40.9%
19 France40.5%
20 Japan 35.1%
21 Slovenia33.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 3.029935 X +5.273
Correlation coefficient (r)0.768
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.590

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 86138.588583 X -847.494
Correlation coefficient (r)0.558
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.311

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 7.580523 X +76.371
Correlation coefficient (r)0.348
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.121

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.370752 X +1.848
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.147
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -7.724167 X +17.355
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.221
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049