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Question: On average, about how many people do you have contact with in a typical week day, including people you live with. We are interested in contact on a one-to-one basis, including everyone with whom you chat, talk, or discuss matters. This can be face-to-face, by telephone, by mail, or on the internet. Please include only people you know.
Choices: "0-4 persons" "5-9 persons" "10-19 persons" "20-49 persons" "50 or more"
Data: % of "20-49 persons" "50 or more"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela53.0%
2 Israel33.4%
3 Australia30.3%
4 Belgium29.0%
4 United Kingdom29.0%
6 Chile28.5%
7 Switzerland28.4%
8 Denmark27.3%
9 Taiwan26.9%
10 Sweden 26.4%
10 United States26.4%
12 Georgia25.1%
13 Czech Republic23.8%
14 Spain23.7%
15 Netherlands23.5%
16 Norway23.4%
17 Philippines23.2%
18 Slovakia23.1%
19 Turkiye22.4%
20 France22.1%
21 Iceland21.9%
21 South Africa21.9%
23 Germany19.4%
24 Finland19.0%
25 Slovenia18.9%
26 Austria16.6%
27 Japan16.5%
27 Republic of Korea16.5%
29 Lithuania15.3%
30 Croatia15.0%
31 Hungary13.2%
32 Russian Federation12.0%
33 India11.6%
34 Poland10.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 1.574302 X +6.101
Correlation coefficient (r)0.131
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 50944.300245 X +25808.902
Correlation coefficient (r)0.160
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 5.843831 X +77.399
Correlation coefficient (r)0.097
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 1.961527 X +1.239
Correlation coefficient (r)0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -42.231616 X +23.045
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.531
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.282