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Question: Who would you turn to first to enjoy a pleasant social occasion with?
Choices: "Close family member" "More distant family member" "Close friend" "neighbor" "Someone I work with" "Someone else" "No one"
Data: % of "Close friend"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain59.7%
2 Denmark57.3%
3 Japan 52.2%
4 New Zealand51.7%
5 Australia48.7%
6 Croatia46.2%
7 United Kingdom46.1%
8 United States46.0%
9 Slovakia45.7%
10 Czech Republic45.2%
11 Lithuania43.6%
12 Finland42.2%
13 France41.6%
14 Switzerland41.0%
15 Germany36.0%
16 Slovenia35.7%
17 Taiwan34.4%
18 Austria32.9%
18 China32.9%
18 Israel32.9%
21 Sweden31.5%
22 Hungary31.4%
23 South Africa31.0%
24 Iceland25.6%
25 Mexico24.8%
26 Thailand21.2%
27 India18.0%
28 Suriname13.9%
29 Russian Federation12.5%
30 Philippines8.4%

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 = 2.480078 X +5.628
Correlation coefficient (r)0.417
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.174

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 90743.860139 X +2857.823
Correlation coefficient (r)0.485
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.235

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 26.407885 X +68.119
Correlation coefficient (r)0.597
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.356

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.435171 X +2.250
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.452
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.204

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -9.544010 X +14.867
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054