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Question: How often do you go out to eat or drink with three or more friends or acquaintances who are not family members?
Choices: "Daily" "Several times a week" "Once a week" "Two to three times a month" "Once a month" "Several times a year" "Less often" "Never"
Data: % of "Never"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States19.5%
2 France 17.4%
3 United Kingdom13.1%
4 Australia12.6%
4 Sweden12.6%
6 Japan11.2%
7 Germany4.7%

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 = 0.265323 X +6.717
Correlation coefficient (r)0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 125196.381383 X +36244.585
Correlation coefficient (r)0.410
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.168

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -23.874776 X +84.693
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.421
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.177

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.517560 X +1.417
Correlation coefficient (r)0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 27.051935 X +7.218
Correlation coefficient (r)0.486
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.236