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Question: How many people do you have contact with on a typical weekday irrespective of whether you know them or not. Include anyone you chat with, talk to, or text, either face-to-face, by phone, internet or any other communication device.
Choices: "0-4 persons" "5-9 persons" "10-19 persons" "20-49 persons" "50-99" "100 or more"
Data: % of "0-4 persons"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 China41.1%
2 Hungary39.0%
3 Lithuania36.0%
4 South Africa33.7%
5 Finland31.2%
6 Suriname29.9%
7 India29.3%
8 France28.1%
9 Russian Federation27.4%
10 Japan 27.1%
11 Sweden25.5%
12 United Kingdom25.0%
13 Slovenia23.8%
14 Australia23.7%
15 Philippines22.9%
16 Slovakia20.9%
17 Denmark20.6%
18 Czech Republic19.8%
19 United States19.3%
20 Germany19.0%
21 Thailand18.3%
22 Croatia18.0%
23 Mexico17.6%
23 New Zealand17.6%
25 Austria17.3%
26 Switzerland14.8%
27 Spain14.1%
28 Iceland13.9%
29 Israel12.5%
30 Taiwan10.6%

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 = -3.406714 X +7.333
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -133344.214960 X +66861.921
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.425
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -31.313911 X +85.157
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.402
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.794701 X +1.916
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.142
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 33.821690 X +3.375
Correlation coefficient (r)0.466
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.217