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Question: How much of your contact with all of your family members and close friends is through text messages, mobile phones, or other communication devices that use the internet?
Choices: "All or almost all of it" "Most of it" "About half of it" "Some of it" "None or almost none of it" "I do not use any of these devices"
Data: % of "All or almost all of it" "Most of it"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan66.8%
2 France54.7%
3 United States54.1%
4 Australia 44.2%
5 Germany43.9%
6 United Kingdom42.6%
7 Sweden39.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.
Source
ISSP 2017

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -3.635374 X +8.547
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.882
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.778
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -53664.324516 X +79040.510
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.358
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.128
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.273007 X +80.463
Correlation coefficient (r)0.082
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.818657 X +2.019
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.480
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.230
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 10.588712 X +5.509
Correlation coefficient (r)0.387
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.150