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Question: How often in the past 4 weeks have you felt that you lack companionship?
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain31.5%
2 Czech Republic31.0%
3 Australia30.8%
4 United States29.8%
5 New Zealand29.1%
6 United Kingdom28.7%
7 Finland27.9%
8 Lithuania27.6%
9 France27.2%
10 Iceland27.1%
11 Slovakia24.8%
12 Sweden24.1%
13 Hungary23.3%
14 Israel22.0%
15 Denmark21.4%
16 Mexico19.2%
17 Germany17.3%
18 Slovenia16.7%
19 Japan 15.0%
20 Switzerland14.7%
21 Austria14.5%

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 = 1.009148 X +6.625
Correlation coefficient (r)0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -17581.573052 X +50424.209
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.047
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -5.409013 X +81.416
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.080
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.023976 X +1.672
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 4.777777 X +9.250
Correlation coefficient (r)0.078
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006