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Question: Who would you turn to first to be there for you if you felt a bit down or depressed and wanted to talk about it?
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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States42.0%
2 France 40.3%
3 Japan40.0%
6 United Kingdom33.7%
7 Germany30.4%

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 = -2.227190 X +7.403
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.380
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 78467.679994 X +23400.249
Correlation coefficient (r)0.221
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -7.157295 X +83.948
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.144
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.061163 X +1.154
Correlation coefficient (r)0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 49.920160 X -8.300
Correlation coefficient (r)0.808
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.653