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Question: I'm going to read you a list of things that may be problems for (survey country). For each one, please tell me if you think it is a very serious problem, somewhat serious problem, not too serious problem, or not a problem at all. - Economic competition with China
Choices: "Very serious problem" "Somewhat serious problem" "Not too serious of a problem" "Not a problem at all"
Data: % of "Very serious problem" "Somewhat serious problem"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea88.6%
2 United States85.6%
3 Japan84.9%
4 Australia 80.5%
5 Canada75.6%
6 France74.3%
7 United Kingdom71.4%
8 Italy69.4%
9 Germany67.2%
10 Sweden65.5%

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 data10
Regression equation
Y = -2.711095 X +8.723
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.538
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.289

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 6680.530301 X +43833.355
Correlation coefficient (r)0.038
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -1.914239 X +83.461
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -1.590736 X +2.693
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.439
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.193

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 41.118954 X -20.274
Correlation coefficient (r)0.734
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.539