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Question: Thinking about restrictions on public activity in [SURVEY PUBLIC] over the course of the coronavirus outbreak, do you think there should have been more restrictions, fewer restrictions, or were the restrictions about right?
Choices: "More restrictions" "Fewer restrictions" "Restrictions were about right"
Data: % of "Fewer restrictions"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States24.2%
2 France 23.8%
3 Germany23.1%
4 Italy18.5%
5 Republic of Korea16.5%
6 Canada16.0%
7 Australia15.7%
8 United Kingdom11.6%
9 Japan9.2%
10 Sweden6.4%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2021. For the United States, "American Trends Panel Wave 82" February 2-7, 2021.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -1.044984 X +6.827
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 50007.081154 X +40679.432
Correlation coefficient (r)0.213
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -21.146501 X +85.489
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.565
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.319

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 0.879415 X +1.334
Correlation coefficient (r)0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -4.923606 X +11.912
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004