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Question: On average, about how many people do you have contact with in a typical week day, including people you live with. We are interested in contact on a one-to-one basis, including everyone with whom you chat, talk, or discuss matters. This can be face-to-face, by telephone, by mail, or on the internet. Please include only people you know.
Choices: "0-4 persons" "5-9" "10-19" "20-49" "50 or more"
Data: % of "20-49" "50 or more"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia39.0%
2 Canada38.3%
3 United Kingdom36.2%
4 United States35.3%
5 Sweden33.0%
6 France 30.7%
7 Germany27.3%
8 Republic of Korea23.1%
9 Japan21.2%

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

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 5.149889 X +5.066
Correlation coefficient (r)0.794
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.630

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 166110.790497 X -1855.528
Correlation coefficient (r)0.756
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.572

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -13.394415 X +86.139
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.359
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.129

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.802931 X +0.620
Correlation coefficient (r)0.600
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.360

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -27.565842 X +20.554
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.428
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.183