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Question: Overall, do you think having people of many different backgrounds, such as different ethnic groups, religions and races, makes [SURVEY PUBLIC] a better place to live or a worse place to live?
Choices: "A better place to live" "A worse place to live"
Data: % of "A better place to live"
Period:
Area:
15 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada90.4%
2 United States89.6%
3 New Zealand89.5%
4 United Kingdom87.9%
5 Australia87.0%
6 Spain81.4%
7 Sweden79.4%
8 Germany78.6%
9 France75.3%
10 Italy74.2%
11 Netherlands69.9%
12 Belgium68.9%
13 Republic of Korea62.7%
14 Greece50.7%
15 Japan 42.7%

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

No data for 23 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2021. For the United States, "American Trends Panel Wave 82" February 2-7, 2021.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 1.985758 X +5.183
Correlation coefficient (r)0.645
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.416

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 64420.413395 X -2148.540
Correlation coefficient (r)0.634
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.402

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -3.894654 X +84.863
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.289
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 0.769848 X +0.903
Correlation coefficient (r)0.426
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -1.623259 X +11.448
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.052
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003