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Question: Who would you turn to first to give you advice about family problems?
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:
2 United States45.3%
4 Germany43.8%
5 France 43.0%
6 United Kingdom42.1%
7 Japan42.0%

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 = 11.026838 X +1.804
Correlation coefficient (r)0.516
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.266

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1191042.673108 X -462353.852
Correlation coefficient (r)0.919
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.845

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -172.383253 X +155.819
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.954
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.910

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 6.387547 X -1.212
Correlation coefficient (r)0.430
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.185

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 123.255502 X -42.986
Correlation coefficient (r)0.548
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.300