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Question: Who or where would you turn to first to help you if you needed to help you with administrative problems or official paperwork?
Choices: "Family members or close friends" "Other persons" "Private companies" "Public services" "Non-profit or religious organisations" "Other organisations" "No person or organisation"
Data: % of "Family members or close friends"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Iceland69.0%
2 Sweden68.3%
3 Denmark61.6%
3 United Kingdom61.6%
5 Japan 60.7%
6 Germany59.8%
7 Slovenia58.9%
8 Australia58.6%
9 New Zealand56.1%
10 Switzerland52.9%
11 Finland50.1%
12 United States49.0%
13 Spain47.5%
14 Czech Republic47.0%
15 Hungary46.4%
16 Israel44.8%
17 Slovakia43.4%
18 Austria42.7%
19 Mexico39.8%
20 France38.6%
21 Lithuania32.9%

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 = 1.601910 X +6.036
Correlation coefficient (r)0.340
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 99677.034352 X -2792.602
Correlation coefficient (r)0.451
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 16.958226 X +71.896
Correlation coefficient (r)0.596
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.355

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.491299 X +1.836
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.142
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -2.607485 X +11.749
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.073
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005