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Question: How often do you make new friends or acquaintances at eating/ drinking?
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States59.3%
2 France53.5%
3 United Kingdom47.8%
4 Australia47.4%
5 Germany37.2%
6 Sweden36.6%
7 Japan 34.1%

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 = 0.799989 X +6.528
Correlation coefficient (r)0.176
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 51519.582135 X +30318.520
Correlation coefficient (r)0.449
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.202

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -16.377305 X +89.034
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.673
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.453

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.971573 X +1.153
Correlation coefficient (r)0.621
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.386

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.287599 X +13.099
Correlation coefficient (r)0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000