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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" "10-19" "20-49" "50 or more"
Data: % of "0-4 persons"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary41.5%
2 Poland33.2%
3 Latvia29.2%
4 Slovenia25.0%
5 Finland22.6%
6 Republic of Korea20.8%
7 Japan20.2%
8 Czech Republic20.1%
9 Denmark18.9%
10 Germany18.1%
11 Israel17.6%
12 Switzerland17.5%
13 United States16.3%
14 Chile16.2%
15 United Kingdom16.0%
16 Norway15.2%
17 Canada14.6%
18 France13.4%
19 Spain12.8%
19 Sweden12.8%
21 Australia11.4%
22 Ireland 10.9%
23 New Zealand10.8%
24 Netherlands9.7%
24 Portugal9.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -3.074601 X +7.405
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.407
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -150060.237153 X +75559.871
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.485
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.235

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -21.808256 X +84.961
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.667
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.445

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.369393 X +1.631
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 24.657991 X +8.765
Correlation coefficient (r)0.395
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.156