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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea20.8%
2 Japan 20.2%
3 Germany18.1%
4 United States16.3%
5 United Kingdom16.0%
6 Canada14.6%
7 France13.4%
8 Sweden12.8%
9 Australia11.4%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -12.147341 X +8.737
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.799
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.638

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -227029.601063 X +87541.612
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.656
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.430

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 8.158532 X +80.543
Correlation coefficient (r)0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -6.259609 X +2.485
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.726
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.527

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 95.179404 X -0.409
Correlation coefficient (r)0.544
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.296