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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 persons" "10-19 persons" "20-49 persons" "50 or more"
Data: % of "20-49 persons" "50 or more"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia30.3%
2 United Kingdom29.0%
3 Sweden26.4%
3 United States26.4%
5 France 22.1%
6 Germany19.4%
7 Japan16.5%
7 Republic of Korea16.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 6.486942 X +5.152
Correlation coefficient (r)0.804
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.646

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 201133.843258 X +3108.531
Correlation coefficient (r)0.728
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.530

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -16.591608 X +85.695
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.353
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.863154 X +0.613
Correlation coefficient (r)0.656
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.430

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -34.344723 X +20.052
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.426
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181