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Question: Do you think that the spread of false information online is a major threat, a minor threat, or not a threat to (survey country)?
Choices: "Major threat" "Minor threat" "Not a threat"
Data: % of "Major threat"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea 83.1%
2 Japan78.8%
3 Italy75.5%
4 France74.9%
5 Germany74.4%
6 United States72.2%
7 United Kingdom71.6%
8 Canada68.4%
9 Australia68.2%
10 Sweden67.9%

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 = -7.834328 X +12.413
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.933
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.870

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -212369.409496 X +205022.116
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.725
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.526

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 9.808063 X +74.791
Correlation coefficient (r)0.210
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -4.420516 X +4.728
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.733
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.537

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 38.596290 X -17.268
Correlation coefficient (r)0.413
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171