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Question: Who would you turn to first to help you around your home if you were sick and had to stay in bed for a few days?
Choices: "Close family member" "More distant family member" "Close friend" "neighbor" "Someone I work with" "Someone else" "No one"
Data: % of "Close friend"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States14.5%
2 Austria12.0%
3 Slovakia11.1%
4 Denmark11.0%
5 United Kingdom10.7%
6 Germany10.6%
7 Hungary10.3%
8 New Zealand9.9%
9 Australia9.4%
10 Finland9.3%
11 France9.2%
12 Mexico9.1%
13 Czech Republic8.6%
13 Switzerland8.6%
15 Sweden6.1%
16 Israel5.9%
17 Lithuania5.4%
18 Iceland5.2%
19 Slovenia4.0%
20 Spain3.2%
21 Japan 2.0%

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 = 0.979582 X +6.785
Correlation coefficient (r)0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 159467.486308 X +32834.655
Correlation coefficient (r)0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -43.395811 X +83.758
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.351
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.123

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.452836 X +1.628
Correlation coefficient (r)0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -10.040580 X +11.238
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008