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Question: Who or where would you turn to first to look after you if you were seriously ill?
Choices: "Family members or close friends" "Other persons" "Private companies" "Public services" "Non-profit or religious organisations" "Other organisations" "No person or organisation"
Data: % of "Family members or close friends"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States91.3%
2 Japan 82.4%
3 Australia80.7%
4 Germany79.9%
5 United Kingdom76.0%
6 France68.3%
7 Sweden44.3%

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 = -1.200059 X +7.786
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3435.458342 X +51002.284
Correlation coefficient (r)0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -5.231186 X +85.551
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.342
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.117

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.378838 X +1.874
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.385
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.148

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.065949 X +13.278
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000