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Question: How often do you have contact with your close friend, either face-to-face, by phone, internet or any other communication device?
Choices: "I do not have any close friends" "The close friend I have contact with the most frequently lives with me" "Daily" "Several times a week" "Once a week" "Two to three times a month" "Once a month" "Several times a year" "Less often" "Never"
Data: % of "The close friend I have contact with the most frequently lives with me" "Daily" "Several times a week" "Once a week" among those who have close friends.
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 South Africa82.7%
2 Israel82.0%
3 Spain81.9%
4 Lithuania81.7%
5 Austria80.7%
6 Russian Federation79.5%
6 Slovakia79.5%
8 Hungary78.4%
9 Slovenia77.9%
10 Iceland75.4%
10 Philippines75.4%
12 Thailand74.6%
13 United States74.0%
14 India73.9%
15 Czech Republic72.2%
16 United Kingdom71.4%
17 Taiwan70.6%
18 Switzerland70.3%
19 New Zealand69.9%
20 Germany69.3%
21 Suriname68.5%
22 Finland66.4%
23 Denmark66.1%
24 Sweden66.0%
25 Australia64.6%
26 Mexico63.5%
27 France58.4%
28 China54.3%
29 Croatia44.5%
30 Japan 39.1%

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 = 0.100959 X +6.477
Correlation coefficient (r)0.014
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -5859.434822 X +39963.576
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -15.383713 X +88.567
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.280
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 1.039773 X +0.995
Correlation coefficient (r)0.263
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 7.536729 X +6.085
Correlation coefficient (r)0.147
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022