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Question: Who or where would you turn to first to look after you if you were seriously ill?
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:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States91.3%
2 Spain85.9%
3 Israel84.9%
4 Lithuania84.7%
5 Mexico83.7%
6 Czech Republic83.3%
7 Japan 82.4%
8 Australia80.7%
9 Switzerland80.3%
10 Germany79.9%
11 Denmark78.4%
12 New Zealand78.2%
13 Slovenia77.6%
14 Hungary77.0%
15 Iceland76.5%
16 United Kingdom76.0%
17 Slovakia69.5%
18 France68.3%
19 Austria67.0%
20 Finland65.8%
21 Sweden44.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -1.293803 X +7.862
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.275
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -8825.151134 X +55720.189
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -6.767868 X +85.902
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.238
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.483092 X +1.209
Correlation coefficient (r)0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -3.557772 X +13.133
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010