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Question: Thinking about the future of (survey country), please tell me whether you feel generally optimistic or generally pessimistic about the following areas. How about the way our political system works?
Choices: "Optimistic" "Pessimistic"
Data: % of "Optimistic"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden61.9%
2 Netherlands61.5%
3 Canada58.1%
4 Poland57.3%
5 Germany56.8%
6 Australia52.3%
7 Lithuania44.8%
8 Hungary42.6%
9 Czech Republic38.5%
10 Slovakia37.5%
11 Turkiye37.3%
12 Mexico35.4%
13 Japan35.2%
14 United States35.1%
15 Israel33.6%
16 Republic of Korea28.6%
17 France27.8%
18 Spain27.5%
19 United Kingdom26.9%
20 Italy 23.4%
21 Greece19.2%

Note
Neither/ Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 17 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 1.965613 X +5.763
Correlation coefficient (r)0.462
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 44602.037597 X +21817.336
Correlation coefficient (r)0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -2.018642 X +81.104
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.092
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.136344 X +1.585
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 9.135492 X +5.957
Correlation coefficient (r)0.247
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061