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Question: When children today in (survey country) grow up, do you think they will be better off or worse off financially than their parents?
Choices: "Better off" "Worse off"
Data: % of "Better off"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Lithuania80.0%
2 Ukraine79.7%
3 Indonesia79.3%
4 India77.7%
5 Philippines76.0%
6 Poland71.3%
7 Czech Republic64.4%
8 Nigeria60.5%
9 Slovakia58.4%
10 Germany55.8%
11 Israel55.3%
12 Bulgaria54.9%
12 Russian Federation54.9%
14 Brazil54.6%
15 Hungary 50.5%
16 Argentina47.3%
17 South Africa46.9%
18 Mexico45.4%
19 Republic of Korea42.9%
20 Sweden40.4%
21 Netherlands39.1%
22 Turkiye37.2%
23 Lebanon35.2%
24 United States34.8%
25 Tunisia33.9%
26 Kenya33.2%
27 Greece32.0%
28 Canada31.5%
29 Australia30.0%
30 Italy27.5%
31 Spain26.9%
32 United Kingdom24.0%
33 France18.5%
34 Japan13.6%

Note
Those who answer "Same"/ Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 204 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes Survey" Spring 2019.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -0.671357 X +6.310
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -55036.793627 X +54152.962
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.474
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.225

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -18.361352 X +84.752
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.477
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 0.714255 X +1.482
Correlation coefficient (r)0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 4.822985 X +7.348
Correlation coefficient (r)0.155
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024