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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:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain59.7%
2 Denmark57.3%
3 Japan52.2%
4 New Zealand51.7%
5 Australia48.7%
6 United Kingdom46.1%
7 United States46.0%
8 Slovakia45.7%
9 Czech Republic45.2%
10 Lithuania43.6%
11 Finland42.2%
12 France41.6%
13 Switzerland41.0%
14 Germany36.0%
15 Slovenia35.7%
16 Austria 32.9%
16 Israel32.9%
18 Sweden31.5%
19 Hungary31.4%
20 Iceland25.6%
21 Mexico24.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.656301 X +7.139
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 12353.304132 X +41078.757
Correlation coefficient (r)0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 11.301443 X +75.427
Correlation coefficient (r)0.279
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -1.389307 X +2.243
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -1.013499 X +10.816
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001