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Question: How often do you have contact with your close friend, either face-to-face, by phone, internet or any other communication device?
Choices: "I do not have any close friends" "The close friend I have contact with the most frequently lives with me" "Daily" "Several times a week" "Once a week" "Two to three times a month" "Once a month" "Several times a year" "Less often" "Never"
Data: % of "The close friend I have contact with the most frequently lives with me" "Daily" "Several times a week" "Once a week" among those who have close friends.
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States74.0%
2 United Kingdom71.4%
3 Germany69.3%
6 France 58.4%
7 Japan39.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.966253 X +5.345
Correlation coefficient (r)0.967
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.935

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 93719.630875 X -5865.538
Correlation coefficient (r)0.759
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.576

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -13.221305 X +89.535
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.769
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.591

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.820873 X +1.037
Correlation coefficient (r)0.580
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.336

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -4.690093 X +13.238
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048