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Question: Who would you turn to first to enjoy a pleasant social occasion with?
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 Spain59.7%
2 Denmark57.3%
3 Japan52.2%
4 New Zealand51.7%
5 Australia48.7%
6 Croatia46.2%
7 United Kingdom46.1%
8 United States46.0%
9 Slovakia45.7%
10 Czech Republic45.2%
11 Lithuania43.6%
12 Finland 42.2%
13 France41.6%
14 Switzerland41.0%
15 Germany36.0%
16 Slovenia35.7%
17 Taiwan34.4%
18 Austria32.9%
18 China32.9%
18 Israel32.9%
21 Sweden31.5%
22 Hungary31.4%
23 South Africa31.0%
24 Iceland25.6%
25 Mexico24.8%
26 Thailand21.2%
27 India18.0%
28 Suriname13.9%
29 Russian Federation12.5%
30 Philippines8.4%

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 = 3.365283 X +5.303
Correlation coefficient (r)0.487
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.237

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 94603.745291 X +1348.079
Correlation coefficient (r)0.510
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.260

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 22.477928 X +70.154
Correlation coefficient (r)0.609
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.371

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.565457 X +2.299
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.540
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.292

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -3.996161 X +15.176
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008