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Question: Who would you turn to first to be there for you if you felt a bit down or depressed and wanted to talk about it?
Choices: "Close family member" "More distant family member" "Close friend" "neighbor" "Someone I work with" "Someone else" "No one"
Data: % of "Close friend"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States42.0%
2 France 40.3%
3 Japan40.0%
4 Australia38.6%
5 Sweden34.5%
6 United Kingdom33.7%
7 Germany30.4%

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 = -3.188412 X +7.934
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.341
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 81566.001586 X +22300.318
Correlation coefficient (r)0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -8.761892 X +84.834
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.139
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.370772 X +1.477
Correlation coefficient (r)0.096
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 42.117204 X -4.875
Correlation coefficient (r)0.679
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.461