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Question: Who would you turn to first to give you advice about family problems?
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 Denmark59.0%
2 New Zealand47.4%
3 Sweden45.7%
4 United States45.3%
5 Austria45.0%
6 Australia44.9%
7 Germany43.8%
8 Switzerland43.3%
9 France43.0%
10 Iceland42.1%
10 United Kingdom42.1%
12 Japan42.0%
13 Finland 41.8%
14 Croatia39.7%
15 Czech Republic39.0%
16 Spain38.5%
17 Taiwan37.0%
18 Slovenia36.8%
19 Mexico35.1%
20 Hungary34.7%
21 Slovakia33.9%
22 Israel31.5%
23 Russian Federation27.2%
23 South Africa27.2%
25 Philippines24.2%
26 India23.2%
27 China22.8%
27 Lithuania22.8%
29 Suriname14.2%
30 Thailand13.8%

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 = 6.465400 X +4.160
Correlation coefficient (r)0.718
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.516

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 183952.558777 X -30921.910
Correlation coefficient (r)0.786
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.618

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 31.974359 X +66.761
Correlation coefficient (r)0.686
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.471

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.511200 X +2.276
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.413
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -10.714331 X +17.600
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.189
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036