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Question: Who would you turn to first to be there for you if you felt a bit down or depressed and wanted to talk about it?
Choices: "Close family member" "More distant family member" "Close friend" "Neighbour" "Someone I work with" "Someone else" "No one"
Data: % of "Close friend"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan51.9%
2 Denmark47.5%
3 United States42.0%
4 Czech Republic41.4%
5 New Zealand41.2%
6 France40.3%
7 Austria40.0%
7 Japan40.0%
9 Finland 39.7%
10 Australia38.6%
11 Croatia37.2%
12 Switzerland36.6%
13 Sweden34.5%
14 Hungary33.7%
14 United Kingdom33.7%
16 Spain31.4%
17 Slovakia30.5%
18 Germany30.4%
19 Iceland30.0%
20 Mexico29.2%
21 South Africa27.8%
22 Slovenia26.2%
23 Israel26.0%
24 Lithuania25.5%
24 Russian Federation25.5%
26 China21.3%
27 India20.2%
28 Philippines17.3%
29 Thailand16.1%
30 Suriname15.8%

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 = 5.548470 X +4.723
Correlation coefficient (r)0.557
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.310

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 163517.021150 X -17222.029
Correlation coefficient (r)0.616
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.379

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 33.668827 X +67.661
Correlation coefficient (r)0.583
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.340

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -2.133845 X +2.405
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.471
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.222

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.813820 X +14.296
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001