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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:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada71.3%
2 Japan 69.7%
3 Greece66.8%
4 Spain59.9%
5 Germany59.8%
6 United Kingdom59.0%
7 France58.6%
8 United States57.3%
9 Belgium54.3%
9 Republic of Korea54.3%
11 Italy49.7%
12 Netherlands48.4%
13 Sweden44.7%
14 Singapore34.5%
15 Taiwan20.9%
16 New Zealand20.5%
17 Australia12.8%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 221 countries.

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 data17
Regression equation
Y = -0.912464 X +7.109
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.384
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -29054.588286 X +62049.583
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.305
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.093

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -2.367204 X +83.241
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.204
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -0.329509 X +1.629
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -2.870268 X +11.665
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.109
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012