EQLS 2007 Survey Results

Q32_4 How often do you have face-to-face contact with your friends or neighbours? (not living with you)

Gender

Q32_4 How often do you have face-to-face contact with your friends or neighbours? (not living with you)
		More than once a day to once a week	Once or twice a month to several times a year or less often	Don't know	N=
AT (Austria)	Male	84.5	15	0.5	472
	Female	87.3	12.5	0.2	571
	Both	86	13.7	0.4	1043
BE (Belgium)	Male	76.4	23.2	0.4	468
	Female	73.7	25.8	0.5	542
	Both	75	24.5	0.5	1010
BG (Bulgaria)	Male	84.9	10.8	4.2	442
	Female	85	10.8	4.2	588
	Both	85	10.8	4.2	1030
CY (Cyprus)	Male	90.2	9.5	0.3	433
	Female	86.8	12	1.2	570
	Both	88.4	10.8	0.8	1003
CZ (Czech Republic)	Male	74.3	25.4	0.3	465
	Female	75	24.6	0.5	762
	Both	74.6	25	0.4	1227
DE (Germany)	Male	85	14.5	0.5	917
	Female	88.6	11.4	0.0	1091
	Both	86.9	12.9	0.3	2008
DK (Denmark)	Male	77.1	22.9	0.1	449
	Female	70.4	29.6	0.1	555
	Both	73.7	26.3	0.1	1004
EE (Estonia)	Male	80.6	18.5	0.9	405
	Female	76	23.3	0.7	618
	Both	78	21.2	0.8	1023
GR (Greece)	Male	88.5	11.5	0.0	436
	Female	88.1	11.6	0.3	564
	Both	88.3	11.6	0.2	1000
ES (Spain)	Male	92.8	6.6	0.6	499
	Female	85.8	14.1	0.1	516
	Both	89.2	10.4	0.4	1015
FI (Finland)	Male	84.5	15.5	0.0	464
	Female	83.8	16	0.2	538
	Both	84.1	15.8	0.1	1002
FR (France)	Male	70.3	27.9	1.8	634
	Female	70	29.3	0.8	903
	Both	70.1	28.6	1.3	1537
HR (Croatia)	Male	92.2	7.2	0.6	388
	Female	88	11.4	0.7	612
	Both	90	9.4	0.7	1000
HU (Hungary)	Male	87.3	12.7	0.0	387
	Female	86.2	13.5	0.3	613
	Both	86.7	13.2	0.2	1000
IE (Ireland)	Male	87.3	10.9	1.9	401
	Female	91.2	5.7	3.2	599
	Both	89.2	8.2	2.5	1000
IT (Italy)	Male	83.9	14.9	1.2	537
	Female	85.2	13.2	1.5	979
	Both	84.6	14.1	1.4	1516
LT (Lithuania)	Male	85.2	14.2	0.6	378
	Female	81.1	18.5	0.4	626
	Both	83	16.6	0.5	1004
LU (Luxembourg)	Male	79	21	0.0	427
	Female	75	24.6	0.3	577
	Both	77	22.8	0.2	1004
LV (Latvia)	Male	84.9	14	1.1	383
	Female	78.8	19.5	1.7	619
	Both	81.6	17	1.4	1002
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Male	70.8	27.5	1.7	482
	Female	72.4	25.5	2.1	526
	Both	71.6	26.5	1.9	1008
MT (Malta)	Male	81.5	17.9	0.6	501
	Female	81.8	17.8	0.4	499
	Both	81.6	17.8	0.5	1000
NL (Netherlands)	Male	82.5	17.3	0.2	481
	Female	86.9	13.1	0.0	530
	Both	84.7	15.2	0.1	1011
NO (Norway)	Male	87.1	12.7	0.2	467
	Female	86.3	13.5	0.2	533
	Both	86.7	13.1	0.2	1000
PL (Poland)	Male	79.7	18.9	1.4	608
	Female	76.9	20.6	2.5	892
	Both	78.3	19.8	1.9	1500
PT (Portugal)	Male	85.5	14.3	0.2	477
	Female	85.3	14.3	0.5	523
	Both	85.4	14.3	0.4	1000
RO (Romania)	Male	79.6	16.5	4	473
	Female	78.8	18.7	2.5	527
	Both	79.1	17.6	3.2	1000
SE (Sweden)	Male	78.6	21.4	0.0	495
	Female	78.7	21.3	0.0	522
	Both	78.7	21.3	0.0	1017
SI (Slovenia)	Male	89.9	9.9	0.3	428
	Female	88.8	10.9	0.3	607
	Both	89.3	10.4	0.3	1035
SK (Slovakia)	Male	64.8	34.9	0.3	439
	Female	61	38.5	0.5	689
	Both	62.8	36.8	0.4	1128
TR (Turkey)	Male	87.5	11.2	1.4	878
	Female	86.1	12.6	1.3	1122
	Both	86.8	11.9	1.3	2000
UK (United Kingdom)	Male	88.5	11.1	0.3	648
	Female	89	10.1	0.9	859
	Both	88.8	10.6	0.6	1507
CC3	Male	87.3	11.4	1.3	1748
	Female	85.8	12.9	1.3	2260
	Both	86.6	12.1	1.3	4008
EU 15	Male	83.6	15.7	0.7	7805
	Female	83.8	15.6	0.6	9869
	Both	83.7	15.7	0.7	17674
NMS12	Male	80.1	18.2	1.8	5342
	Female	78.3	19.8	1.9	7610
	Both	79.1	19	1.9	12952
EU 27	Male	82.8	16.2	1	13147
	Female	82.6	16.5	0.9	17479
	Both	82.7	16.4	0.9	30626

Age

Q32_4 How often do you have face-to-face contact with your friends or neighbours? (not living with you)
		More than once a day to once a week	Once or twice a month to several times a year or less often	Don't know	N=
AT (Austria)	18-34	94.1	5.9	0.0	309
	35-49	82.4	16.8	0.8	350
	50-64	82.9	16.8	0.4	230
	65+	83.7	16.3	0.0	154
BE (Belgium)	18-34	85.2	14.2	0.6	210
	35-49	72.8	27.2	0.0	317
	50-64	66.5	32.3	1.2	262
	65+	74.2	25.8	0.0	221
BG (Bulgaria)	18-34	86.1	10.3	3.6	235
	35-49	86.3	10.6	3.2	236
	50-64	84.7	11.4	3.9	305
	65+	82	11.2	6.8	254
CY (Cyprus)	18-34	91.5	8	0.5	205
	35-49	87.1	12.5	0.3	223
	50-64	86.7	13.3	0.0	322
	65+	86.6	10.3	3.1	253
CZ (Czech Republic)	18-34	77.7	22	0.3	298
	35-49	73.2	26.8	0.0	332
	50-64	72.6	26.5	0.9	399
	65+	73.9	25.8	0.3	198
DE (Germany)	18-34	91.2	8.8	0.0	431
	35-49	86	13.5	0.4	595
	50-64	83.2	16.3	0.6	453
	65+	86.8	13.2	0.0	529
DK (Denmark)	18-34	84.4	15.6	0.0	183
	35-49	67.6	32.3	0.1	257
	50-64	69.7	30.3	0.0	289
	65+	73	26.9	0.1	275
EE (Estonia)	18-34	88.1	11.9	0.0	235
	35-49	74.3	24.7	1	202
	50-64	71.3	27.6	1.1	253
	65+	74.9	23.7	1.4	333
GR (Greece)	18-34	93	6.4	0.6	289
	35-49	85.2	14.8	0.0	260
	50-64	87.4	12.6	0.0	187
	65+	85.4	14.6	0.0	264
ES (Spain)	18-34	90.9	8.2	0.9	286
	35-49	83.2	16.6	0.2	275
	50-64	93.4	6.6	0.0	194
	65+	91.1	8.9	0.0	260
FI (Finland)	18-34	89.6	10.4	0.0	183
	35-49	79.6	20.4	0.0	232
	50-64	87.2	12.8	0.0	324
	65+	78.8	20.7	0.4	263
FR (France)	18-34	77.3	21.6	1.1	353
	35-49	65.8	33	1.2	416
	50-64	61.3	36.8	1.8	401
	65+	76.2	22.9	0.9	367
HR (Croatia)	18-34	93	7	0.0	245
	35-49	91	7.9	1.1	229
	50-64	87.4	12.5	0.1	266
	65+	86.9	11.5	1.6	260
HU (Hungary)	18-34	88.7	11.1	0.2	241
	35-49	88	12	0.0	234
	50-64	83.4	16.5	0.2	264
	65+	85.5	14.2	0.3	261
IE (Ireland)	18-34	92.5	4.5	2.9	288
	35-49	90.3	8.2	1.6	305
	50-64	84.5	12.8	2.7	239
	65+	85.5	11.4	3.1	168
IT (Italy)	18-34	92.3	7	0.7	388
	35-49	83.2	15.9	0.9	600
	50-64	80.3	16.8	2.9	347
	65+	80.7	18	1.3	181
LT (Lithuania)	18-34	78.7	21.1	0.2	228
	35-49	84.2	15.8	0.0	238
	50-64	85.2	13.6	1.2	228
	65+	85.7	13.4	0.8	310
LU (Luxembourg)	18-34	78	22	0.0	176
	35-49	74.9	25.1	0.0	339
	50-64	78.5	21.5	0.0	266
	65+	77.2	21.8	1	223
LV (Latvia)	18-34	88.1	10.2	1.7	326
	35-49	78.3	20.5	1.2	297
	50-64	80.8	18.8	0.4	187
	65+	76.9	20.8	2.4	192
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	18-34	74.9	22.3	2.7	290
	35-49	67.7	30.3	2	297
	50-64	70.3	29	0.8	246
	65+	73.2	25.4	1.5	175
MT (Malta)	18-34	84.1	15.4	0.5	258
	35-49	82.6	17	0.4	243
	50-64	75.5	23.5	1	300
	65+	84.8	15.2	0.0	199
NL (Netherlands)	18-34	91.7	8.3	0.0	138
	35-49	81.9	18.1	0.0	345
	50-64	78.1	21.5	0.4	321
	65+	88	12	0.0	207
NO (Norway)	18-34	90.9	8.7	0.4	202
	35-49	89.1	10.9	0.0	295
	50-64	81.5	18.5	0.0	276
	65+	83.6	15.9	0.5	227
PL (Poland)	18-34	85.2	13.2	1.7	392
	35-49	72.7	26.3	1	383
	50-64	74.1	22.8	3.1	421
	65+	78.5	19.2	2.3	304
PT (Portugal)	18-34	85.1	14.2	0.7	280
	35-49	85.5	14.5	0.0	270
	50-64	85.6	13.7	0.6	247
	65+	85.3	14.7	0.0	203
RO (Romania)	18-34	79.9	16.1	4	254
	35-49	77.7	19.5	2.8	276
	50-64	81.2	16.3	2.5	273
	65+	77.4	19.4	3.2	197
SE (Sweden)	18-34	88.5	11.5	0.0	152
	35-49	75.4	24.6	0.0	288
	50-64	73.1	26.9	0.0	334
	65+	76.8	23.2	0.0	243
SI (Slovenia)	18-34	96.3	3.7	0.0	277
	35-49	86.1	13.9	0.0	203
	50-64	86.7	12.9	0.4	275
	65+	86.2	12.8	1	280
SK (Slovakia)	18-34	74.4	25.6	0.0	258
	35-49	58.7	40.7	0.6	294
	50-64	57.8	42.2	0.0	361
	65+	50.6	48.1	1.3	215
TR (Turkey)	18-34	87.3	10.9	1.8	919
	35-49	85.6	13.3	1.1	588
	50-64	88.4	11	0.6	317
	65+	85.4	14.1	0.5	176
UK (United Kingdom)	18-34	89.7	9.9	0.4	330
	35-49	87.2	12	0.8	376
	50-64	90.7	8.8	0.4	358
	65+	87.5	11.7	0.8	443
CC3	18-34	87.2	11	1.8	1454
	35-49	85.4	13.4	1.2	1114
	50-64	87.5	11.9	0.6	829
	65+	85.1	14.2	0.7	611
EU 15	18-34	88.6	10.8	0.6	3996
	35-49	81.2	18.2	0.6	5225
	50-64	80.5	18.5	1	4452
	65+	83.8	15.7	0.5	4001
NMS12	18-34	83.2	14.9	1.8	3207
	35-49	76.5	22.3	1.3	3161
	50-64	77.2	20.7	2.2	3588
	65+	78	19.6	2.4	2996
EU 27	18-34	87.3	11.8	0.9	7203
	35-49	80.3	19	0.7	8386
	50-64	79.8	18.9	1.3	8040
	65+	82.7	16.4	0.8	6997

Income

Q32_4 How often do you have face-to-face contact with your friends or neighbours? (not living with you)
		More than once a day to once a week	Once or twice a month to several times a year or less often	Don't know	N=
AT (Austria)	Lowest	81.3	18.7	0.0	144
	Low	86.6	13.4	0.0	142
	High	85.5	14.5	0.0	139
	Highest	83.3	16.7	0.0	147
BE (Belgium)	Lowest	80.5	19.5	0.0	185
	Low	70.2	29.8	0.0	183
	High	72.6	26.9	0.4	183
	Highest	78.3	21.1	0.6	184
BG (Bulgaria)	Lowest	88	8.1	3.9	185
	Low	84	12.8	3.2	186
	High	87.7	11.1	1.2	189
	Highest	86.7	11.2	2.2	186
CY (Cyprus)	Lowest	83.2	16	0.8	185
	Low	88.4	11	0.6	190
	High	91.8	8.2	0.0	214
	Highest	91	9	0.0	179
CZ (Czech Republic)	Lowest	71.4	28.6	0.0	200
	Low	80	20	0.0	194
	High	74.3	24.3	1.3	191
	Highest	76.9	23.1	0.0	202
DE (Germany)	Lowest	88.6	11.1	0.3	358
	Low	89.3	10.3	0.4	344
	High	86.3	13.7	0.0	375
	Highest	88.7	11	0.3	360
DK (Denmark)	Lowest	80.3	19.7	0.0	210
	Low	74.3	25.4	0.3	195
	High	72.3	27.7	0.0	206
	Highest	72.9	27.1	0.0	200
EE (Estonia)	Lowest	73.2	26.5	0.3	212
	Low	82.2	16	1.8	209
	High	71.2	28.1	0.8	210
	Highest	79.8	19.8	0.3	210
GR (Greece)	Lowest	84.5	15.5	0.0	185
	Low	90.5	9.5	0.0	176
	High	85.8	14.2	0.0	184
	Highest	91.1	8.9	0.0	181
ES (Spain)	Lowest	87.5	10.2	2.3	126
	Low	90.1	9.9	0.0	125
	High	82.5	17.5	0.0	128
	Highest	92.4	7.6	0.0	127
FI (Finland)	Lowest	86.5	13.5	0.0	201
	Low	81.7	18.3	0.0	200
	High	84.8	15.2	0.0	185
	Highest	83.2	16.3	0.4	216
FR (France)	Lowest	73.6	24.9	1.4	293
	Low	72.6	25.3	2.1	293
	High	67.8	31.1	1.1	294
	Highest	64.5	34.4	1.1	293
HR (Croatia)	Lowest	85.7	12	2.2	214
	Low	89.6	10.1	0.2	212
	High	92.9	7.1	0.0	214
	Highest	90	10	0.0	213
HU (Hungary)	Lowest	86.4	13	0.6	172
	Low	86.7	12.9	0.4	201
	High	87	13	0.0	186
	Highest	82.7	17.3	0.0	183
IE (Ireland)	Lowest	83	14.6	2.5	118
	Low	87.5	9.2	3.3	119
	High	92.5	6	1.6	121
	Highest	93.7	6.3	0.0	117
IT (Italy)	Lowest	81.4	18.6	0.0	125
	Low	89.8	9.2	1	123
	High	85.2	12	2.8	130
	Highest	82.2	17.3	0.5	120
LT (Lithuania)	Lowest	83.8	16.1	0.2	218
	Low	89.4	10.6	0.0	217
	High	81.2	18.4	0.3	219
	Highest	76.5	22.6	0.9	218
LU (Luxembourg)	Lowest	75.2	24.8	0.0	142
	Low	75	24.4	0.7	141
	High	76.5	22.8	0.6	140
	Highest	75.9	24.1	0.0	144
LV (Latvia)	Lowest	85.4	12.9	1.7	179
	Low	80.3	18.2	1.5	182
	High	79.6	20.4	0.0	176
	Highest	81.1	18.9	0.0	180
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Lowest	70.2	28.4	1.5	219
	Low	73.6	25.4	1	221
	High	73.1	25.3	1.5	221
	Highest	75.1	24.2	0.7	218
MT (Malta)	Lowest	84.6	14.7	0.8	153
	Low	84.3	15.7	0.0	152
	High	82.7	17.3	0.0	153
	Highest	81.6	18	0.5	154
NL (Netherlands)	Lowest	84.9	15.1	0.0	201
	Low	82.8	17.2	0.0	201
	High	89.2	10.8	0.0	204
	Highest	79.7	19.8	0.5	199
NO (Norway)	Lowest	87.5	11.5	0.9	214
	Low	86.7	13.3	0.0	220
	High	89.2	10.8	0.0	225
	Highest	85	15	0.0	213
PL (Poland)	Lowest	79.1	19.6	1.2	263
	Low	78.4	20.1	1.5	276
	High	76.3	23	0.8	259
	Highest	80.6	19.1	0.4	267
PT (Portugal)	Lowest	86.9	13.1	0.0	106
	Low	81.4	18.6	0.0	104
	High	85.5	14.5	0.0	104
	Highest	85.7	14.3	0.0	105
RO (Romania)	Lowest	78.6	17.5	3.9	194
	Low	81.4	15	3.6	194
	High	75.9	21.9	2.2	190
	Highest	79.6	17.7	2.7	198
SE (Sweden)	Lowest	79.8	20.2	0.0	236
	Low	81.4	18.6	0.0	235
	High	74.4	25.6	0.0	244
	Highest	77.6	22.4	0.0	227
SI (Slovenia)	Lowest	86	13.7	0.2	187
	Low	87.7	11.9	0.4	169
	High	91.6	8.2	0.2	175
	Highest	86.6	13.1	0.3	182
SK (Slovakia)	Lowest	64	36	0.0	192
	Low	63.2	36.8	0.0	193
	High	64.2	35.4	0.4	191
	Highest	65.4	34.2	0.4	194
TR (Turkey)	Lowest	84	14.9	1.1	403
	Low	83.7	14.1	2.2	400
	High	92.7	7	0.3	413
	Highest	91.6	7.5	0.8	391
UK (United Kingdom)	Lowest	85.6	13.5	0.9	205
	Low	89.1	10.9	0.0	203
	High	91.4	8.6	0.0	202
	Highest	91.8	8.2	0.0	209
CC3	Lowest	83.6	15.2	1.2	836
	Low	83.7	14.2	2.1	833
	High	92	7.6	0.3	848
	Highest	90.9	8.4	0.8	822
EU 15	Lowest	83.2	16	0.7	2835
	Low	84.3	15	0.7	2784
	High	81.9	17.6	0.5	2839
	Highest	82.7	16.9	0.4	2829
NMS12	Lowest	79.4	18.8	1.8	2340
	Low	80.5	17.8	1.7	2363
	High	78.1	20.9	1	2353
	Highest	79.9	19.1	1	2353
EU 27	Lowest	82.3	16.7	1	5175
	Low	83.4	15.7	0.9	5147
	High	81	18.4	0.6	5192
	Highest	82	17.4	0.5	5182

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