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Question: How many other close friends do you have ? apart from those at work, in your neighborhood, or family members? Think, for instance, of friends at clubs, church, or the like.
Data: % of 1 or more
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 United States84.1%
3 Canada82.4%
4 Japan79.4%
5 France 78.5%
6 Italy76.4%
7 Germany75.6%
8 United Kingdom75.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.647743 X +5.285
Correlation coefficient (r)0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 275958.699972 X -166721.313
Correlation coefficient (r)0.612
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.375

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -34.232188 X +108.489
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.558
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.311

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.791939 X +0.850
Correlation coefficient (r)0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 80.828839 X -54.233
Correlation coefficient (r)0.820
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.672