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Question: Do you think access to the internet and social media has made people MORE or LESS divided in their political opinions, 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 United States 82.0%
2 Canada77.3%
3 Republic of Korea74.9%
4 United Kingdom70.9%
5 Australia70.7%
6 Germany70.4%
7 Italy66.6%
8 Sweden63.4%
9 France56.6%
10 Japan51.6%

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 = 1.066449 X +5.925
Correlation coefficient (r)0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 86657.581538 X -10377.849
Correlation coefficient (r)0.557
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.310
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -15.057071 X +92.305
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.606
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.367
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -0.400122 X +1.753
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 12.042936 X +2.858
Correlation coefficient (r)0.243
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059