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Question: Who or where would you turn to first to look after you if you were seriously ill?
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 China95.4%
2 United States91.3%
3 Croatia91.0%
4 Thailand88.5%
5 Russian Federation87.9%
5 South Africa87.9%
7 Taiwan86.7%
8 Spain85.9%
9 Israel84.9%
10 Lithuania84.7%
11 Philippines83.9%
12 Mexico83.7%
13 Czech Republic83.3%
14 Japan82.4%
15 Suriname81.7%
16 Australia80.7%
17 Switzerland80.3%
18 Germany79.9%
19 Denmark78.4%
20 New Zealand78.2%
21 Slovenia77.6%
22 Hungary77.0%
23 Iceland76.5%
24 United Kingdom76.0%
25 Slovakia69.5%
26 France68.3%
27 Austria67.0%
28 Finland 65.8%
29 India55.0%
30 Sweden44.3%

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 = -0.984265 X +7.330
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -52177.755336 X +77015.013
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -9.140461 X +85.546
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.202
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.158212 X +1.604
Correlation coefficient (r)0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.225438 X +13.543
Correlation coefficient (r)0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000