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Question: Who would you turn to first to be there for you if you felt a bit down or depressed and wanted to talk about it?
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 Denmark47.5%
2 United States42.0%
3 Czech Republic41.4%
4 New Zealand41.2%
5 France40.3%
6 Austria40.0%
6 Japan40.0%
8 Finland39.7%
9 Australia38.6%
10 Switzerland 36.6%
11 Sweden34.5%
12 Hungary33.7%
12 United Kingdom33.7%
14 Spain31.4%
15 Slovakia30.5%
16 Germany30.4%
17 Iceland30.0%
18 Mexico29.2%
19 Slovenia26.2%
20 Israel26.0%
21 Lithuania25.5%

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 = 1.268994 X +6.421
Correlation coefficient (r)0.168
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 133162.658423 X -615.384
Correlation coefficient (r)0.384
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 17.426492 X +73.992
Correlation coefficient (r)0.275
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -1.219669 X +2.095
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.874679 X +10.703
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000