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Question: How often do you have contact with your close friend, either face-to-face, by phone, internet or any other communication device?
Choices: "I do not have any close friends" "The close friend I have contact with the most frequently lives with me" "Daily" "Several times a week" "Once a week" "Two to three times a month" "Once a month" "Several times a year" "Less often" "Never"
Data: % of "The close friend I have contact with the most frequently lives with me" "Daily" "Several times a week" "Once a week" among those who have close friends.
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel82.0%
2 Spain81.9%
3 Lithuania81.7%
4 Austria80.7%
5 Slovakia79.5%
6 Hungary78.4%
7 Slovenia77.9%
8 Iceland75.4%
9 United States74.0%
10 Czech Republic72.2%
11 United Kingdom71.4%
12 Switzerland70.3%
13 New Zealand69.9%
14 Germany69.3%
15 Finland 66.4%
16 Denmark66.1%
17 Sweden66.0%
18 Australia64.6%
19 Mexico63.5%
20 France58.4%
21 Japan39.1%

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 = 0.472448 X +6.532
Correlation coefficient (r)0.101
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -11916.579134 X +54654.863
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -11.082946 X +87.976
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.282
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.660712 X +1.198
Correlation coefficient (r)0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.346574 X +10.150
Correlation coefficient (r)0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000