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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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Russian Federation36.9%
2 South Africa36.0%
3 India30.1%
4 Lithuania28.9%
5 Suriname28.1%
6 Thailand27.9%
7 Hungary25.6%
8 Croatia20.3%
9 United States19.5%
10 China19.2%
11 Israel18.5%
12 Taiwan18.2%
13 France17.4%
14 Philippines17.1%
15 Mexico15.9%
16 Spain15.7%
17 United Kingdom13.1%
18 Australia12.6%
18 Sweden 12.6%
20 Japan11.2%
21 Finland10.7%
22 New Zealand10.2%
23 Czech Republic9.3%
24 Iceland9.0%
25 Denmark8.5%
26 Slovakia7.4%
26 Switzerland7.4%
28 Slovenia6.3%
29 Austria6.2%
30 Germany4.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -7.012881 X +7.704
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.714
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.510

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -172582.828605 X +64752.912
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.638
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.407

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -41.847266 X +85.355
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.777
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.604

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 1.426467 X +1.489
Correlation coefficient (r)0.337
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 28.914532 X +8.872
Correlation coefficient (r)0.441
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194