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Question: How often do you make new friends or acquaintances at eating/ drinking?
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States59.3%
2 France 53.5%
3 United Kingdom47.8%
4 Germany37.2%
5 Japan34.1%

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 = 1.295843 X +5.988
Correlation coefficient (r)0.542
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.294

Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.633893 X +5.815
Correlation coefficient (r)0.598
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.358

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 133830.950852 X -7640.395
Correlation coefficient (r)0.728
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.530

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -11.442508 X +86.707
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.562
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.316

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.642505 X +0.724
Correlation coefficient (r)0.921
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.848

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 5.267072 X +9.095
Correlation coefficient (r)0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035