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Question: On average, about how many people do you have contact with in a typical week day, including people you live with. We are interested in contact on a one-to-one basis, including everyone with whom you chat, talk, or discuss matters. This can be face-to-face, by telephone, by mail, or on the internet. Please include only people you know.
Choices: "0-4 persons" "5-9 persons" "10-19 persons" "20-49 persons" "50 or more"
Data: % of "0-4 persons"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea29.8%
2 Japan 27.4%
3 Germany24.3%
4 France23.2%
5 United Kingdom23.1%
6 United States22.2%
7 Sweden21.0%
8 Australia19.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -12.115788 X +9.552
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.916
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.839

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -356195.531084 X +134886.585
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.786
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.618

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 23.247327 X +76.286
Correlation coefficient (r)0.302
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -8.495742 X +3.538
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.880
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.774

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 73.042768 X -5.361
Correlation coefficient (r)0.552
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.305