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Question: How often do you make new friends or acquaintances at eating/ drinking?
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel60.4%
2 United States59.3%
3 Mexico54.2%
4 New Zealand53.6%
5 France53.5%
6 Slovenia52.9%
7 Spain50.8%
8 United Kingdom47.8%
9 Switzerland47.7%
10 Slovakia47.6%
11 Finland47.5%
12 Australia47.4%
13 Czech Republic44.7%
14 Lithuania40.5%
15 Iceland39.6%
16 Austria37.6%
17 Germany37.2%
18 Sweden36.6%
19 Hungary36.4%
20 Denmark34.3%
21 Japan 34.1%

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 = 0.181044 X +6.784
Correlation coefficient (r)0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 2230.309701 X +45183.643
Correlation coefficient (r)0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -6.021307 X +82.882
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 1.922773 X +0.784
Correlation coefficient (r)0.445
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.198

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -9.944386 X +14.959
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.228
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052