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Question: Do you think access to the internet and social media has made people MORE or LESS easy to manipulate with false information and rumors, 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 Australia 91.5%
2 United Kingdom89.8%
3 Canada88.8%
4 Italy88.5%
4 Sweden88.5%
6 United States88.3%
7 Japan87.8%
8 France86.1%
9 Germany83.3%
10 Republic of Korea75.3%

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 = 4.999048 X +2.316
Correlation coefficient (r)0.555
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.308
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 150553.627802 X -81734.894
Correlation coefficient (r)0.479
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.229
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -6.847903 X +87.943
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 4.392123 X -2.333
Correlation coefficient (r)0.678
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.460
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -64.164054 X +66.788
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.640
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.410