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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:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea83.1%
2 Japan 78.8%
3 Greece78.6%
4 Netherlands75.9%
5 Italy75.5%
6 France74.9%
7 Germany74.4%
8 United States72.2%
9 Spain72.0%
10 United Kingdom71.6%
11 Belgium69.4%
12 Canada68.4%
13 Australia68.2%
14 Sweden67.9%
15 Malaysia67.5%
16 Hungary67.4%
17 Poland66.2%
18 Singapore57.1%
19 Israel41.3%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 219 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 data19
Regression equation
Y = -2.295720 X +8.208
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.443
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.196

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -67682.428990 X +91279.844
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.311
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 2.377874 X +79.267
Correlation coefficient (r)0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -3.384583 X +3.919
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.703
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.494

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 13.871003 X +0.011
Correlation coefficient (r)0.295
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.087