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Question: On average, about how many people do you have contact with in a typical week day, including people you live with. We are interested in contact on a one-to-one basis, including everyone with whom you chat, talk, or discuss matters. This can be face-to-face, by telephone, by mail, or on the internet. Please include only people you know.
Choices: "0-4 persons" "5-9 persons" "10-19 persons" "20-49 persons" "50 or more"
Data: % of "20-49 persons" "50 or more"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 United Kingdom 29.0%
3 United States26.4%
5 France22.1%
6 Germany19.4%
7 Japan16.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 4.218904 X +5.616
Correlation coefficient (r)0.735
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.540

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 199315.500446 X +7448.244
Correlation coefficient (r)0.572
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.327

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -23.956999 X +86.713
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.493
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.243

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 2.445958 X +0.995
Correlation coefficient (r)0.612
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.375

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -10.582334 X +12.710
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.175
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031