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Question: Who or where would you turn to first to help you if you needed to help you with administrative problems or official paperwork?
Choices: "Family members or close friends" "Other persons" "Private companies" "Public services" "Non-profit or religious organisations" "Other organisations" "No person or organisation"
Data: % of "Family members or close friends"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Iceland69.0%
2 Philippines68.6%
3 Sweden68.3%
4 Denmark61.6%
4 United Kingdom61.6%
6 Japan60.7%
7 Germany59.8%
8 Slovenia58.9%
9 Australia58.6%
10 New Zealand56.1%
11 Croatia54.1%
12 China52.9%
12 Switzerland52.9%
14 Suriname52.1%
15 Thailand50.9%
16 Finland50.1%
17 United States49.0%
18 Spain47.5%
19 Czech Republic47.0%
20 Hungary46.4%
21 South Africa46.3%
22 Israel44.8%
23 Slovakia43.4%
24 Austria42.7%
25 Mexico39.8%
26 Taiwan39.3%
27 France 38.6%
28 Russian Federation35.3%
29 Lithuania32.9%
30 India31.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 2.970866 X +5.044
Correlation coefficient (r)0.415
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.172

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 88015.518794 X -6847.034
Correlation coefficient (r)0.354
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 21.506644 X +67.450
Correlation coefficient (r)0.411
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.169

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.030470 X +1.641
Correlation coefficient (r)0.007
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -15.751138 X +19.439
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.294
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086