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Question: Who would you turn to first to enjoy a pleasant social occasion with?
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 Japan52.2%
3 United Kingdom46.1%
4 United States46.0%
5 France 41.6%
6 Germany36.0%

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 = -3.307987 X +8.040
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.683
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.466

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -61289.118655 X +79853.111
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.208
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 12.922979 X +75.545
Correlation coefficient (r)0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.349110 X +2.149
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.400
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.160

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 24.139528 X -0.403
Correlation coefficient (r)0.473
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.224