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Question: Who would you turn to first to help you around your home if you were sick and had to stay in bed for a few days?
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 India15.6%
2 United States14.5%
3 Austria12.0%
4 Slovakia11.1%
5 Denmark11.0%
6 United Kingdom10.7%
7 Germany10.6%
8 Hungary10.3%
9 New Zealand9.9%
10 Australia9.4%
11 Finland9.3%
12 France9.2%
13 Mexico9.1%
14 Czech Republic8.6%
14 Switzerland8.6%
16 Croatia7.2%
17 South Africa7.1%
18 Taiwan6.4%
19 Sweden6.1%
20 Israel5.9%
21 Russian Federation5.6%
22 Lithuania5.4%
23 Iceland5.2%
24 Slovenia4.0%
25 Suriname3.7%
26 Spain3.2%
27 China2.9%
28 Philippines2.7%
29 Thailand2.4%
30 Japan 2.0%

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 = -0.620231 X +6.597
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 221331.552554 X +18890.547
Correlation coefficient (r)0.323
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -11.941748 X +78.654
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.050162 X +1.731
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -6.445793 X +11.888
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.043
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002