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Question: Who would you turn to first to give you advice about family problems?
Choices: "Close family member" "More distant family member" "Close friend" "neighbor" "Someone I work with" "Someone else" "No one"
Data: % of "Close friend"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden45.7%
2 United States45.3%
3 Australia44.9%
4 Germany43.8%
5 France 43.0%
6 United Kingdom42.1%
7 Japan42.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 20.130628 X -2.071
Correlation coefficient (r)0.770
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.593

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 794826.724494 X -295823.199
Correlation coefficient (r)0.837
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.701

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -51.373399 X +104.102
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 5.451260 X -0.775
Correlation coefficient (r)0.504
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.254

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 101.539653 X -33.765
Correlation coefficient (r)0.586
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.343