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Question: How much of your contact with all of your family members and close friends is through text messages, mobile phones, or other communication devices that use the internet?
Choices: "All or almost all of it" "Most of it" "About half of it" "Some of it" "None or almost none of it" "I do not use any of these devices"
Data: % of "All or almost all of it" "Most of it"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan66.8%
2 Mexico59.7%
3 France 54.7%
4 United States54.1%
5 Finland53.1%
6 Israel50.7%
7 Switzerland45.1%
8 Australia44.2%
9 Germany43.9%
10 New Zealand43.3%
11 Spain42.6%
11 United Kingdom42.6%
13 Sweden39.4%
14 Slovakia39.1%
15 Czech Republic35.6%
16 Austria32.1%
17 Slovenia31.7%
18 Denmark30.0%
19 Iceland29.9%
20 Lithuania24.4%
21 Hungary23.3%

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 = -0.450309 X +7.057
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 10276.972414 X +41869.771
Correlation coefficient (r)0.055
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 5.257359 X +77.900
Correlation coefficient (r)0.155
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.368736 X +1.511
Correlation coefficient (r)0.121
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -8.698782 X +14.067
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.283
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080