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Question: How much of your contact with all of your family members and close friends is through text messages, mobile phones, or other communication devices that use the internet?
Choices: "All or almost all of it" "Most of it" "About half of it" "Some of it" "None or almost none of it" "I do not use any of these devices"
Data: % of "All or almost all of it" "Most of it"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan66.8%
2 France54.7%
3 United States54.1%
5 Germany 43.9%
6 United Kingdom42.6%

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 = -2.608392 X +7.940
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.877
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.769

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -52948.690559 X +80408.704
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.293
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 8.228165 X +76.967
Correlation coefficient (r)0.327
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.107

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -0.742781 X +1.939
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.359
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.129

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 21.980679 X -1.212
Correlation coefficient (r)0.701
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.491