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Question: Who would you turn to first to give you advice about family problems?
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 Sweden45.7%
2 United States45.3%
3 Australia44.9%
4 Germany43.8%
5 France43.0%
6 United Kingdom42.1%
7 Japan 42.0%

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 = 21.486576 X -2.528
Correlation coefficient (r)0.757
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.573

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 651499.380421 X -231974.300
Correlation coefficient (r)0.908
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.824

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -56.877323 X +106.571
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.374
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.140

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3.655514 X -0.011
Correlation coefficient (r)0.374
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.140

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 80.772408 X -22.173
Correlation coefficient (r)0.449
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.202