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Question: Who or where would you turn to first to help you if you needed to find a job?
Choices: "Family members or close friends" "Other persons" "Private companies" "Public services" "Non-profit or religious organisations" "Other organisations" "No person or organisation"
Data: % of "Family members or close friends"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States38.0%
2 Japan32.6%
3 Germany28.9%
4 Australia22.1%
5 United Kingdom21.5%
6 France 17.9%
7 Sweden16.5%

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 = -2.765172 X +7.453
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.558
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.311

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 47657.924468 X +40453.312
Correlation coefficient (r)0.264
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -18.383145 X +86.247
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.549
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.301

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.038435 X +1.878
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.506
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.256

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 14.749218 X +6.999
Correlation coefficient (r)0.449
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.202