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Question: How often do you have contact with your brother or sister, either face-to-face, by phone, internet or any other communication device?
Choices: "I do not have any brothers and sisters" "The brother or sister I have contact with the most frequently lives with me" "Daily" "Several times a week" "Once a week" "Two to three times a month" "Once a month" "Several times a year" "Less often" "Never"
Data: % of "Daily" "Several times a week" "Once a week" among those who have any brother/ sister but do not live together.
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel83.9%
2 Spain73.9%
3 Slovenia68.3%
4 Hungary63.2%
5 Mexico62.3%
6 Iceland60.7%
7 Slovakia59.9%
8 United States55.1%
9 Switzerland54.0%
10 Lithuania53.6%
11 Czech Republic52.2%
12 Austria50.2%
13 United Kingdom48.2%
14 Germany47.3%
15 Sweden43.5%
16 Finland42.7%
16 New Zealand42.7%
18 France41.2%
19 Australia40.4%
20 Denmark39.4%
21 Japan 23.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.437205 X +7.161
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -41729.880994 X +68260.356
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.272
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.074

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -6.913670 X +84.160
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 1.212398 X +1.006
Correlation coefficient (r)0.484
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.234

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -8.535656 X +17.624
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.245
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060