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Question: Which statement comes closer to your view, even if neither is exactly right?
Choices: "(Survey country) is EFFECTIVELY handling the coronavirus outbreak in ways that show the STRENGTHS of the political system" "(Survey country) is FAILING to effectively handle coronavirus outbreak in ways that show the WEAKNESSES of the political system"
Data: % of "(Survey country) is EFFECTIVELY handling the coronavirus outbreak in ways that show the STRENGTHS of the political system"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden61.7%
2 Italy54.2%
3 Australia47.6%
4 Canada47.3%
5 France46.7%
6 United Kingdom45.5%
7 Republic of Korea44.0%
8 Germany40.7%
9 Japan40.2%
10 United States 32.9%

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 = 2.225699 X +5.629
Correlation coefficient (r)0.423
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.179

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -38672.972467 X +66751.106
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.211
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 16.672782 X +74.317
Correlation coefficient (r)0.570
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.325

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 0.195289 X +1.389
Correlation coefficient (r)0.052
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -16.480694 X +18.694
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.282
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080