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Question: Who would you turn to first to help you around your home if you were sick and had to stay in bed for a few days?
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 India15.6%
2 United States14.5%
3 Austria12.0%
4 Slovakia11.1%
5 Denmark11.0%
6 United Kingdom10.7%
7 Germany10.6%
8 Hungary10.3%
9 New Zealand9.9%
10 Australia9.4%
11 Finland 9.3%
12 France9.2%
13 Mexico9.1%
14 Czech Republic8.6%
14 Switzerland8.6%
16 Croatia7.2%
17 South Africa7.1%
18 Taiwan6.4%
19 Sweden6.1%
20 Israel5.9%
21 Russian Federation5.6%
22 Lithuania5.4%
23 Iceland5.2%
24 Slovenia4.0%
25 Suriname3.7%
26 Spain3.2%
27 China2.9%
28 Philippines2.7%
29 Thailand2.4%
30 Japan2.0%

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 = 1.672437 X +6.421
Correlation coefficient (r)0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 211805.879526 X +19512.963
Correlation coefficient (r)0.312
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.992449 X +78.414
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.007
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.680151 X +1.781
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.064
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -4.703344 X +14.083
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001