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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:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States82.0%
2 Netherlands78.1%
3 Canada77.3%
4 Republic of Korea74.9%
5 Hungary74.3%
6 Spain71.5%
7 United Kingdom70.9%
8 Australia70.7%
9 Germany70.4%
10 Italy66.6%
11 Sweden63.4%
12 Greece63.3%
13 Israel60.6%
14 Belgium59.8%
15 Poland 57.4%
16 France56.6%
17 Singapore55.5%
18 Japan51.6%
19 Malaysia45.4%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 219 countries.
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 data19
Regression equation
Y = 1.333008 X +5.723
Correlation coefficient (r)0.281
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.079
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 62228.841201 X +2938.042
Correlation coefficient (r)0.313
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.098
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 0.428354 X +80.650
Correlation coefficient (r)0.013
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.686329 X +2.001
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 12.192610 X +1.700
Correlation coefficient (r)0.284
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081