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Question: Who or where would you turn to first to help you if you needed to find a job?
Choices: "Family members or close friends" "Other persons" "Private companies" "Public services" "Non-profit or religious organisations" "Other organisations" "No person or organisation"
Data: % of "Family members or close friends"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 China64.4%
2 Croatia61.6%
3 Thailand50.7%
4 Hungary46.4%
5 Iceland44.7%
5 Slovakia44.7%
7 Philippines42.8%
8 Spain41.6%
9 South Africa41.4%
10 Mexico39.8%
10 Suriname39.8%
12 India39.3%
13 United States38.0%
14 Russian Federation37.3%
15 Israel36.9%
16 Taiwan34.6%
17 Lithuania33.4%
18 Slovenia33.2%
19 Switzerland33.0%
20 Japan 32.6%
21 Germany28.9%
22 New Zealand26.7%
23 Czech Republic25.9%
24 Australia22.1%
24 Denmark22.1%
26 United Kingdom21.5%
27 Austria20.6%
28 Finland19.1%
29 France17.9%
30 Sweden16.5%

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 = -3.220310 X +7.679
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.521
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.271

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -105172.852274 X +72910.597
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.514
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.264

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -19.567898 X +84.637
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.405
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.164

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.009405 X +1.724
Correlation coefficient (r)0.003
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.260029 X +11.837
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001