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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:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States82.0%
2 Netherlands78.1%
3 Canada77.3%
4 Republic of Korea74.9%
5 Hungary74.3%
6 Spain71.5%
7 United Kingdom70.9%
8 Australia70.7%
9 Germany70.4%
10 Italy66.6%
11 Sweden63.4%
12 Greece63.3%
13 Israel60.6%
14 Belgium 59.8%
15 Poland57.4%
16 France56.6%
17 Japan51.6%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 21 countries.
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 data17
Regression equation
Y = 0.729561 X +6.149
Correlation coefficient (r)0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 73500.733404 X -6248.319
Correlation coefficient (r)0.378
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.143
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -8.171251 X +86.666
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -0.989886 X +2.229
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 10.651006 X +2.759
Correlation coefficient (r)0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044