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Question: How often do you go out to eat or drink with three or more friends or acquaintances who are not family members?
Choices: "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 "Never"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States19.5%
2 France 17.4%
3 United Kingdom13.1%
6 Japan11.2%
7 Germany4.7%

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 = 0.655852 X +6.486
Correlation coefficient (r)0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 143762.688265 X +33705.078
Correlation coefficient (r)0.470
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.221

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -15.848729 X +83.369
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 2.325808 X +1.243
Correlation coefficient (r)0.663
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.440

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 28.079618 X +6.609
Correlation coefficient (r)0.528
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.279