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Question: How many other close friends do you have ? apart from those at work, in your neighborhood, or family members? Think, for instance, of friends at clubs, church, or the like.
Data: % of 1 or more
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland91.1%
2 Norway87.7%
3 Denmark87.1%
4 Australia 86.5%
5 Israel84.7%
5 New Zealand84.7%
7 United States84.1%
8 Canada82.4%
9 Switzerland79.5%
10 Japan79.4%
11 France78.5%
12 Slovenia77.7%
13 Czech Republic76.9%
14 Austria76.4%
14 Italy76.4%
16 Germany75.6%
17 United Kingdom75.2%
18 Latvia74.9%
19 Poland72.8%
20 Spain68.3%
21 Chile60.5%
22 Hungary59.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 4.453684 X +3.298
Correlation coefficient (r)0.784
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.615

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 181159.214087 X -93052.122
Correlation coefficient (r)0.662
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.438

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 13.520467 X +70.333
Correlation coefficient (r)0.428
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.183

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.895852 X +0.832
Correlation coefficient (r)0.212
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 6.269486 X +5.010
Correlation coefficient (r)0.167
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028