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Question: How often do you go out to eat or drink with three or more friends or acquaintances who are not family members?
Choices: "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 "Never"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States19.5%
2 France17.4%
3 United Kingdom13.1%
4 Australia12.6%
4 Sweden12.6%
6 Japan 11.2%
7 Germany4.7%

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 = -0.217906 X +6.918
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 78231.938880 X +43387.243
Correlation coefficient (r)0.339
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.115

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -19.344046 X +84.160
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.716925 X +1.368
Correlation coefficient (r)0.547
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.299

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 18.145299 X +10.867
Correlation coefficient (r)0.314
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099