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Question: Who would you turn to first to help you around your home if you were sick and had to stay in bed for a few days?
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 United States14.5%
2 United Kingdom10.7%
3 Germany10.6%
4 Australia9.4%
5 France 9.2%
6 Sweden6.1%
7 Japan2.0%

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 = 3.231468 X +6.463
Correlation coefficient (r)0.321
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.103

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 252932.732954 X +29954.720
Correlation coefficient (r)0.691
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.477

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -59.209398 X +86.872
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.870
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.757

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.380230 X +1.402
Correlation coefficient (r)0.571
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.326

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -5.382742 X +11.219
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.081
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007