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Question: How often do you have contact with your brother or sister, either face-to-face, by phone, internet or any other communication device?
Choices: "I do not have any brothers and sisters" "The brother or sister I have contact with the most frequently lives with me" "Daily" "Several times a week" "Once a week" "Two to three times a month" "Once a month" "Several times a year" "Less often" "Never"
Data: % of "Daily" "Several times a week" "Once a week" among those who have any brother/ sister but do not live together.
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States55.1%
2 United Kingdom48.2%
3 Germany47.3%
4 Sweden43.5%
5 France41.2%
6 Australia40.4%
7 Japan 23.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3.156857 X +5.541
Correlation coefficient (r)0.726
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.527

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 70850.596905 X +23305.245
Correlation coefficient (r)0.644
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.415

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -20.778787 X +90.518
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.892
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.796

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.805119 X +1.248
Correlation coefficient (r)0.538
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.289

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -6.132327 X +15.848
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.222
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049