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Question: How often, if ever, do you post or share things about political or social issues on social media ? often, sometimes, rarely or never?
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea51.9%
2 Italy30.1%
3 Canada28.7%
4 United Kingdom27.7%
5 Sweden26.9%
6 France25.4%
6 Germany25.4%
8 Australia 23.5%
9 Japan16.7%
10 United States6.6%

Note
% of those who ever use social media. 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 = -1.046331 X +6.930
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.288
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.083

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -76967.686403 X +69165.405
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.608
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.370

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 10.972183 X +79.115
Correlation coefficient (r)0.543
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.295

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -1.777946 X +1.946
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.682
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.465

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 12.859919 X +7.719
Correlation coefficient (r)0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102