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Question: Who would you turn to first to enjoy a pleasant social occasion with?
Choices: "Close family member" "More distant family member" "Close friend" "Neighbour" "Someone I work with" "Someone else" "No one"
Data: % of "Close friend"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 52.2%
2 Australia48.7%
3 United Kingdom46.1%
4 United States46.0%
5 France41.6%
6 Germany36.0%
7 Sweden31.5%

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 = -3.845217 X +8.549
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.650
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.423

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -28092.518732 X +65692.500
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 5.164378 X +79.414
Correlation coefficient (r)0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.948177 X +2.001
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.466
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.217

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.324257 X +13.800
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.035
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001