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Question: How many other close friends do you have ? apart from those at work, in your neighbourhood, or family members? Think, for instance, of friends at clubs, church, or the like.
Data: % of 1 or more
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland91.1%
2 Norway87.7%
3 Denmark87.1%
4 Australia86.5%
5 Israel84.7%
5 New Zealand84.7%
7 United States84.1%
8 Canada82.4%
9 Brazil 80.1%
10 Switzerland79.5%
11 Japan79.4%
12 France78.5%
13 Cyprus77.8%
14 Slovenia77.7%
15 Czech Republic76.9%
16 Austria76.4%
16 Italy76.4%
18 Germany75.6%
19 United Kingdom75.2%
20 Latvia74.9%
21 Poland72.8%
22 Spain68.3%
23 Russian Federation63.0%
24 Philippines62.9%
25 South Africa62.7%
26 Chile60.5%
27 Hungary59.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 211 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 6.045659 X +2.043
Correlation coefficient (r)0.805
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.648

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 198800.539860 X -112099.043
Correlation coefficient (r)0.729
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.531

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 33.654143 X +53.593
Correlation coefficient (r)0.643
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.413

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.580111 X +2.076
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.135
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -9.886218 X +20.068
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024