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Question: How often in the past 4 weeks have you felt that you lack companionship?
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia30.8%
2 United States29.8%
3 United Kingdom28.7%
4 France27.2%
5 Sweden24.1%
6 Germany17.3%
7 Japan 15.0%

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 = 3.707218 X +5.974
Correlation coefficient (r)0.538
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.289

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 105697.588205 X +27461.267
Correlation coefficient (r)0.606
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.367

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -16.136867 X +85.629
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.491819 X +1.223
Correlation coefficient (r)0.629
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.396

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -10.137208 X +15.732
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054