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Question: Who would you turn to first to be there for you if you felt a bit down or depressed and wanted to talk about it?
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:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark47.5%
2 United States42.0%
3 Czech Republic41.4%
4 New Zealand41.2%
5 France40.3%
6 Austria40.0%
6 Japan 40.0%
8 Finland39.7%
9 Australia38.6%
10 Switzerland36.6%
11 Sweden34.5%
12 Hungary33.7%
12 United Kingdom33.7%
14 Spain31.4%
15 Slovakia30.5%
16 Germany30.4%
17 Iceland30.0%
18 Mexico29.2%
19 Slovenia26.2%
20 Israel26.0%
21 Lithuania25.5%

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 = 2.799446 X +5.947
Correlation coefficient (r)0.326
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 140950.775219 X -3278.358
Correlation coefficient (r)0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 13.774823 X +75.676
Correlation coefficient (r)0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -1.642884 X +2.222
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.300
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.090

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -3.559808 X +14.380
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.047
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002