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Question: On average, about how many people do you have contact with in a typical week day, including people you live with. We are interested in contact on a one-to-one basis, including everyone with whom you chat, talk, or discuss matters. This can be face-to-face, by telephone, by mail, or on the internet. Please include only people you know.
Choices: "0-4 persons" "5-9 persons" "10-19 persons" "20-49 persons" "50 or more"
Data: % of "0-4 persons"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland37.0%
2 Hungary34.9%
3 India34.0%
4 Republic of Korea29.8%
5 South Africa28.0%
6 Japan27.4%
7 Finland 27.0%
8 Lithuania26.8%
9 Turkiye26.7%
10 Croatia26.0%
11 Austria25.4%
12 Germany24.3%
13 Russian Federation23.7%
14 France23.2%
15 United Kingdom23.1%
16 United States22.2%
17 Philippines22.1%
18 Norway21.3%
19 Slovenia21.0%
19 Sweden21.0%
21 Australia19.6%
22 Czech Republic19.1%
23 Chile18.9%
24 Switzerland18.6%
25 Netherlands18.5%
26 Iceland18.0%
27 Belgium17.8%
27 Slovakia17.8%
29 Denmark16.2%
30 Georgia16.1%
31 Spain15.1%
32 Taiwan12.6%
33 Israel10.3%
34 Venezuela7.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -4.098845 X +7.365
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.285
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -84685.731733 X +56146.288
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.221
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -16.864674 X +82.499
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.227
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -1.951960 X +2.121
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.318
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.101

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 43.579523 X +3.701
Correlation coefficient (r)0.443
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.196