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Question: How often do you make new friends or acquaintances at eating/ drinking?
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States59.3%
2 France 53.5%
3 United Kingdom47.8%
5 Germany37.2%
7 Japan34.1%

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 = 1.633893 X +5.815
Correlation coefficient (r)0.598
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.358

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 121564.080685 X -3728.421
Correlation coefficient (r)0.733
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.537

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -15.502696 X +88.470
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.671
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.450

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.687896 X +0.767
Correlation coefficient (r)0.887
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.787

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 8.735496 X +6.258
Correlation coefficient (r)0.303
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092