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Question: How often do you make new friends or acquaintances at eating/ drinking?
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel60.4%
2 United States59.3%
3 Croatia57.6%
4 South Africa55.0%
5 Mexico54.2%
6 New Zealand53.6%
7 France53.5%
8 Slovenia52.9%
9 Spain50.8%
10 Suriname48.6%
11 United Kingdom47.8%
12 Switzerland47.7%
13 Slovakia47.6%
14 Finland 47.5%
15 Australia47.4%
16 Philippines45.2%
17 Czech Republic44.7%
18 India41.0%
19 Lithuania40.5%
20 Iceland39.6%
21 Thailand38.5%
22 China38.2%
23 Austria37.6%
24 Germany37.2%
24 Taiwan37.2%
26 Sweden36.6%
27 Hungary36.4%
28 Denmark34.3%
29 Japan34.1%
30 Russian Federation31.8%

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 = 1.274818 X +5.977
Correlation coefficient (r)0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 10051.016149 X +31184.494
Correlation coefficient (r)0.034
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.613642 X +79.072
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.027
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 1.759278 X +0.928
Correlation coefficient (r)0.373
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.139

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -8.656671 X +17.660
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.118
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014