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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:
1 Australia86.5%
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.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.555507 X +3.807
Correlation coefficient (r)0.469
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.220

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 263424.099069 X -160026.147
Correlation coefficient (r)0.744
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.554

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -6.384935 X +86.755
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.108
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.427696 X +0.400
Correlation coefficient (r)0.298
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 56.410683 X -35.311
Correlation coefficient (r)0.739
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.546