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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:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Lithuania80.0%
2 Poland71.3%
3 Czech Republic64.4%
4 Slovakia58.4%
5 Germany55.8%
6 Israel55.3%
7 Hungary50.5%
8 Mexico45.4%
9 Republic of Korea42.9%
10 Sweden40.4%
11 Netherlands39.1%
12 Turkiye37.2%
13 United States34.8%
14 Greece32.0%
15 Canada31.5%
16 Australia30.0%
17 Italy27.5%
18 Spain26.9%
19 United Kingdom24.0%
20 France18.5%
21 Japan 13.6%

Note
Those who answer "Same"/ 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 = 0.492879 X +6.344
Correlation coefficient (r)0.153
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -32706.748505 X +51018.136
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.308
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -13.739141 X +85.283
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.589
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.347

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.362876 X +1.440
Correlation coefficient (r)0.153
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 7.625195 X +6.424
Correlation coefficient (r)0.273
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075