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Question: Who or where would you turn to first to help you if you needed to find a job?
Choices: "Family members or close friends" "Other persons" "Private companies" "Public services" "Non-profit or religious organisations" "Other organisations" "No person or organisation"
Data: % of "Family members or close friends"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 China64.4%
2 Croatia61.6%
3 Thailand50.7%
4 Hungary46.4%
5 Iceland44.7%
5 Slovakia44.7%
7 Philippines42.8%
8 Spain41.6%
9 South Africa41.4%
10 Mexico39.8%
10 Suriname39.8%
12 India39.3%
13 United States38.0%
14 Russian Federation37.3%
15 Israel36.9%
16 Taiwan34.6%
17 Lithuania33.4%
18 Slovenia33.2%
19 Switzerland33.0%
20 Japan32.6%
21 Germany28.9%
22 New Zealand26.7%
23 Czech Republic25.9%
24 Australia22.1%
24 Denmark22.1%
26 United Kingdom21.5%
27 Austria20.6%
28 Finland 19.1%
29 France17.9%
30 Sweden16.5%

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 = -3.881972 X +7.914
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.541
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.293

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -113485.705770 X +75733.945
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.560
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.314

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -17.482402 X +84.504
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.433
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.456637 X +1.568
Correlation coefficient (r)0.144
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -2.997738 X +14.778
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.061
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004