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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 "More restrictions"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada71.3%
2 Japan69.7%
3 Germany59.8%
4 United Kingdom59.0%
5 France58.6%
6 United States57.3%
7 Republic of Korea54.3%
8 Italy49.7%
9 Sweden 44.7%
10 Australia12.8%

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 = -1.065119 X +7.227
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.424
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.180

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -30852.319502 X +65504.466
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.352
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.124

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -2.049056 X +83.101
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.147
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -0.432812 X +1.712
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -0.575959 X +11.409
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000