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Question: How often in the past 4 weeks have you felt that you lack companionship?
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Suriname38.4%
2 Croatia36.7%
3 South Africa32.3%
4 Spain31.5%
5 Czech Republic31.0%
6 Australia30.8%
7 United States29.8%
8 India29.5%
9 New Zealand29.1%
10 United Kingdom28.7%
11 Finland27.9%
12 Lithuania27.6%
13 France27.2%
14 Iceland27.1%
15 Philippines26.7%
16 China26.1%
17 Slovakia24.8%
18 Sweden24.1%
19 Hungary23.3%
20 Israel22.0%
21 Denmark21.4%
22 Russian Federation20.0%
23 Mexico19.2%
24 Germany17.3%
25 Slovenia16.7%
26 Japan 15.0%
27 Switzerland14.7%
28 Austria14.5%
29 Taiwan13.5%
30 Thailand8.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.086406 X +6.810
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.099
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -51643.174478 X +48496.630
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -25.315114 X +84.036
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.302
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 1.671058 X +1.311
Correlation coefficient (r)0.277
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 23.383336 X +5.571
Correlation coefficient (r)0.299
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089