Growing influence of online tech & its impact on lives worldwide 2018

This statistic presents the consumer perspective on the growing influence that online technology's impact has on individual's lives. According to the May 2018 findings, 1.4 percent of respondents in the United States reported that they found the growing influence of online technology to have made their lives significantly worse off, while in comparison 43 percent of respondents stated otherwise; stating that they found it has made their lives significantly better.

How has the growing influence of online technology impacted your life?

Characteristic	It has made my life significantly worse	It has made my life slightly worse	It has not changed my life	It has slightly improved my life	It has significantly improved my life
France	0.6%	3.8%	19%	42.4%	34.2%
Germany	1%	4.8%	19.2%	50.4%	24.6%
India	0.8%	1.4%	4.8%	27.8%	65.2%
Italy	0.8%	4.8%	10.6%	41.6%	42.2%
Japan	1.8%	4.4%	34.4%	48%	11.4%
Malaysia	1.8%	3.2%	9.8%	35.6%	49.6%
Singapore	1.6%	3.2%	12.2%	42.4%	40.6%
South Korea	1.6%	2.6%	8.8%	53.2%	33.8%
United Kingdom	1%	2.8%	21.6%	49%	25.6%
United States	1.4%	4.6%	11.8%	39.2%	43%
TOTAL	1.2%	3.6%	15.2%	43%	37%

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Release date

June 2018

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

May 8 to May 18, 2018

Number of respondents

5,000 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

Scale is ranged from -2 to +2, where -2 is reported as "It has made my life significantly worse", to +2 being reported as "It has significantly improved my life".

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