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Question: How often do you make new friends or acquaintances at eating/ drinking?
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States59.3%
2 France 53.5%
3 United Kingdom47.8%
4 Australia47.4%
5 Germany37.2%
6 Sweden36.6%
7 Japan34.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.360734 X +6.589
Correlation coefficient (r)0.086
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 86218.715636 X +13628.725
Correlation coefficient (r)0.567
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.321

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -19.755805 X +90.501
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.699
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.489

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.066946 X +1.133
Correlation coefficient (r)0.616
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.379

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 4.494031 X +8.710
Correlation coefficient (r)0.162
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026