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Question: How often do you make new friends or acquaintances at eating/ drinking?
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel60.4%
2 United States59.3%
3 Croatia57.6%
4 South Africa55.0%
5 Mexico54.2%
6 New Zealand53.6%
7 France53.5%
8 Slovenia52.9%
9 Spain50.8%
10 Suriname48.6%
11 United Kingdom47.8%
12 Switzerland47.7%
13 Slovakia47.6%
14 Finland47.5%
15 Australia47.4%
16 Philippines45.2%
17 Czech Republic44.7%
18 India41.0%
19 Lithuania40.5%
20 Iceland39.6%
21 Thailand38.5%
22 China38.2%
23 Austria37.6%
24 Germany37.2%
24 Taiwan37.2%
26 Sweden36.6%
27 Hungary36.4%
28 Denmark34.3%
29 Japan 34.1%
30 Russian Federation31.8%

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 = 0.895177 X +6.145
Correlation coefficient (r)0.099
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 18695.749501 X +27381.702
Correlation coefficient (r)0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -4.888164 X +79.959
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 2.133390 X +0.756
Correlation coefficient (r)0.413
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -3.733643 X +13.091
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003