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Question: Who or where would you turn to first to look after you if you were seriously ill?
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 States91.3%
2 Japan82.4%
3 Australia80.7%
4 Germany79.9%
5 United Kingdom76.0%
6 France 68.3%
7 Sweden44.3%

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 = -1.553726 X +7.912
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.591
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.349

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 18343.145014 X +38835.671
Correlation coefficient (r)0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -8.364476 X +87.834
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.470
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.221

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.327545 X +1.859
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.301
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.227669 X +9.822
Correlation coefficient (r)0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005