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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:
2 United States29.8%
3 United Kingdom28.7%
4 France 27.2%
6 Germany17.3%
7 Japan15.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 2.858578 X +5.898
Correlation coefficient (r)0.678
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.460

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 156607.976552 X +15693.518
Correlation coefficient (r)0.612
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.375

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -18.999267 X +85.764
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.533
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.284

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 2.497121 X +0.961
Correlation coefficient (r)0.851
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.724

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.269235 X +10.010
Correlation coefficient (r)0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001