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Question: On average, about how many people do you have contact with in a typical week day, including people you live with. We are interested in contact on a one-to-one basis, including everyone with whom you chat, talk, or discuss matters. This can be face-to-face, by telephone, by mail, or on the internet. Please include only people you know.
Choices: "0-4 persons" "5-9 persons" "10-19 persons" "20-49 persons" "50 or more"
Data: % of "20-49 persons" "50 or more"
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel33.4%
2 Australia30.3%
3 Belgium29.0%
3 United Kingdom29.0%
5 Chile28.5%
6 Switzerland28.4%
7 Denmark27.3%
8 Sweden26.4%
8 United States26.4%
10 Czech Republic23.8%
11 Spain23.7%
12 Netherlands23.5%
13 Norway23.4%
14 Slovakia23.1%
15 Turkiye22.4%
16 France22.1%
17 Iceland21.9%
18 Germany19.4%
19 Finland19.0%
20 Slovenia18.9%
21 Austria16.6%
22 Japan 16.5%
22 Republic of Korea16.5%
24 Lithuania15.3%
25 Hungary13.2%
26 Poland10.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 3.606299 X +5.948
Correlation coefficient (r)0.344
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 183354.935794 X +4738.216
Correlation coefficient (r)0.432
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 20.379912 X +75.802
Correlation coefficient (r)0.358
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.128

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 3.446205 X +0.831
Correlation coefficient (r)0.545
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.297

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -27.676229 X +16.901
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.386
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.149