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Question: How often in the past 4 weeks have you felt that you lack companionship?
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia30.8%
2 United States29.8%
3 United Kingdom28.7%
4 France 27.2%
5 Sweden24.1%
6 Germany17.3%
7 Japan15.0%

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 = 3.389594 X +5.915
Correlation coefficient (r)0.534
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.285

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 148944.392364 X +15748.735
Correlation coefficient (r)0.646
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.417

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -17.662349 X +85.948
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.412
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.170

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.852310 X +1.157
Correlation coefficient (r)0.705
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.497

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.949974 X +10.010
Correlation coefficient (r)0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005