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Question: Do you think access to the internet and social media has made people MORE or LESS divided in their political opinions, or has it not had much impact either way?
Choices: "More" "Less" "Has not had much impact either way"
Data: % of "More"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States82.0%
2 Canada77.3%
4 United Kingdom70.9%
6 Germany 70.4%
7 Italy66.6%
9 France56.6%
10 Japan51.6%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.
Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2022. For the United States, Pew Research Center "American Trends Panel Wave 105" March 2022.

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.062791 X +5.183
Correlation coefficient (r)0.764
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.584
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 115805.565683 X -27914.380
Correlation coefficient (r)0.808
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.653
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -15.824120 X +92.261
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.811
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.658
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.270194 X +1.291
Correlation coefficient (r)0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 4.010102 X +6.737
Correlation coefficient (r)0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016