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Question: How many people do you have contact with on a typical weekday irrespective of whether you know them or not. Include anyone you chat with, talk to, or text, either face-to-face, by phone, internet or any other communication device.
Choices: "0-4 persons" "5-9 persons" "10-19 persons" "20-49 persons" "50-99" "100 or more"
Data: % of "20-49 persons" "50-99" "100 or more"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel43.7%
2 New Zealand37.8%
3 Spain34.2%
4 Germany34.1%
4 Iceland34.1%
6 Taiwan32.7%
7 Switzerland32.6%
8 United States30.9%
9 Sweden30.3%
10 Austria29.2%
11 Philippines29.0%
12 Australia28.0%
13 Slovenia27.3%
14 Denmark26.8%
15 United Kingdom25.6%
16 Czech Republic25.5%
16 Thailand25.5%
18 Croatia24.6%
19 France24.3%
20 Suriname24.1%
21 South Africa23.8%
22 Finland 22.7%
23 Mexico22.6%
24 Japan21.8%
25 Slovakia19.5%
26 Russian Federation15.2%
27 India13.2%
28 China12.6%
29 Hungary9.7%
30 Lithuania9.0%

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 = 6.317570 X +4.926
Correlation coefficient (r)0.598
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.358

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 165796.131285 X -6846.213
Correlation coefficient (r)0.554
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.307

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 31.269077 X +70.384
Correlation coefficient (r)0.517
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.267

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.872439 X +1.507
Correlation coefficient (r)0.184
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -30.629464 X +21.512
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.416
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.173