| Pew Research Center Global Attitudes Project 2002 | ||||||
| Percent saying | ||||||
| United States | Germany | |||||
| FRG | GDR | |||||
| Q2:Ladder of Life/Global Satisfac. (High) | 64 | 49 | 52 | 36 | ||
| Personal Optimism | 61 | 35 | 36 | 29 | ||
| Q7:Way country is going (satisfied) | 41 | 31 | 35 | 18 | ||
| q9:Way going in world (satisfied) | 17 | 11 | 12 | 8 | ||
| Q15:Top National Problems ("very big problem") | ||||||
| Crime | 48 | 45 | 45 | 47 | ||
| AIDS & Disease | 42 | 33 | 31 | 39 | ||
| Corrupt Political Ldrs | 46 | 43 | 43 | 43 | ||
| Terrorism | 50 | 45 | 44 | 48 | ||
| Ethnic conflict | 30 | 30 | 29 | 32 | ||
| Poor drinking water | 17 | 13 | 13 | 11 | ||
| Moral decline | 49 | 30 | 31 | 27 | ||
| Poor quality schools | 41 | 37 | 37 | 38 | ||
| Immigration | 37 | 30 | 30 | 30 | ||
| Emigration | 9 | 33 | 26 | 62 | ||
| Greatest Danger to World | ||||||
| AIDS & Disease | 32 | |||||
| Relig & Ethnic Hatred | 52 | |||||
| Nuclear weapons | 59 | |||||
| Rich/Poor gap | 30 | |||||
| Pollution/Environ. | 23 | |||||
| Attitude toward United States | ||||||
| Very favorable | 9 | 10 | 8 | |||
| Somewhat favorable | 52 | 54 | 42 | |||
| Somewhat unfavorable | 31 | 29 | 37 | |||
| Very unfavorable | 4 | 4 | 6 | |||