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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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel83.9%
2 India79.0%
3 Spain73.9%
4 Thailand72.4%
5 Suriname68.9%
6 Slovenia68.3%
7 South Africa67.4%
8 Philippines66.9%
9 Russian Federation64.3%
10 Hungary63.2%
11 Mexico62.3%
12 Iceland60.7%
13 Slovakia 59.9%
14 Taiwan58.7%
15 United States55.1%
16 Switzerland54.0%
17 Lithuania53.6%
18 Czech Republic52.2%
19 Croatia50.3%
20 Austria50.2%
21 United Kingdom48.2%
22 Germany47.3%
23 Sweden43.5%
24 Finland42.7%
24 New Zealand42.7%
26 China42.2%
27 France41.2%
28 Australia40.4%
29 Denmark39.4%
30 Japan23.3%

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 = -2.059547 X +7.690
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.374
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.140

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -74790.352393 X +79559.270
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.398
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -18.732461 X +88.885
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.483
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.233

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 1.560681 X +0.786
Correlation coefficient (r)0.509
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.259

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 2.868373 X +9.792
Correlation coefficient (r)0.072
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005