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Question: Who would you turn to first to enjoy a pleasant social occasion with?
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 Japan52.2%
2 Australia48.7%
3 United Kingdom46.1%
4 United States46.0%
5 France 41.6%
6 Germany36.0%
7 Sweden31.5%

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 = -3.480439 X +8.254
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.639
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.408

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -16839.695443 X +59805.531
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.085
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.720163 X +81.275
Correlation coefficient (r)0.020
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.983983 X +2.039
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 5.057945 X +8.556
Correlation coefficient (r)0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020