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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:
15 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 Netherlands70.0%
9 Israel69.7%
10 France64.2%
11 Mexico62.9%
12 Germany61.6%
13 Japan 56.4%
14 Czech Republic50.2%
15 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 23 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 1.836007 X +5.532
Correlation coefficient (r)0.531
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.282

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 113436.655262 X -30828.182
Correlation coefficient (r)0.744
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.554

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 7.214829 X +75.522
Correlation coefficient (r)0.401
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.161

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -0.231126 X +1.826
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.086
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -2.934993 X +15.780
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.081
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007