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Question: Who would you turn to first to give you advice about family problems?
Choices: "Close family member" "More distant family member" "Close friend" "neighbor" "Someone I work with" "Someone else" "No one"
Data: % of "Close friend"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark59.0%
2 New Zealand47.4%
3 Sweden45.7%
4 United States45.3%
5 Austria 45.0%
6 Australia44.9%
7 Germany43.8%
8 Switzerland43.3%
9 France43.0%
10 Iceland42.1%
10 United Kingdom42.1%
12 Japan42.0%
13 Finland41.8%
14 Czech Republic39.0%
15 Spain38.5%
16 Slovenia36.8%
17 Mexico35.1%
18 Hungary34.7%
19 Slovakia33.9%
20 Israel31.5%
21 Lithuania22.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 2.458427 X +5.863
Correlation coefficient (r)0.377
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.142

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 176744.057724 X -23257.037
Correlation coefficient (r)0.578
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.334

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 19.776294 X +72.618
Correlation coefficient (r)0.502
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.252

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.760082 X +1.891
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -12.260904 X +15.403
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.248
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062