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Question: How often do you have contact with your brother or sister, either face-to-face, by phone, internet or any other communication device?
Choices: "I do not have any brothers and sisters" "The brother or sister I have contact with the most frequently lives with me" "Daily" "Several times a week" "Once a week" "Two to three times a month" "Once a month" "Several times a year" "Less often" "Never"
Data: % of "Daily" "Several times a week" "Once a week" among those who have any brother/ sister but do not live together.
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States55.1%
2 United Kingdom48.2%
3 Germany47.3%
5 France 41.2%
7 Japan23.3%

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 = 2.301439 X +5.582
Correlation coefficient (r)0.953
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.908

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 122712.509515 X -137.922
Correlation coefficient (r)0.838
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.702

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -17.216443 X +88.687
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.843
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.711

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.105838 X +1.074
Correlation coefficient (r)0.658
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.433

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -2.163842 X +11.241
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.085
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007