This statistic represents the results of a 2013 survey among Americans aged 16 and older on things they would do for a friend. Some 28 percent of respondents stated they would donate a kidney to a friend.
Which of these things would you do for a friend?
Share of respondents
Lend 500 U.S. dollars if they were going through financial hard times
31%
Call in sick at work to be with them
29%
Donate a kidney
28%
Fly across the country (with no notice) to be with them
24%
Forgive them if they lied to you
20%
Stand by them if they were unfaithful to their partner/spouse
18%
Bail them out of jail
15%
Lie to a loved one or other friend to protect their secret
13%
Invest money into a business opportunity they suggest
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Lifeboat. (May 21, 2013). Which of these things would you do for a friend? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 06, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/262625/things-americans-would-do-for-a-friend/
Lifeboat. "Which of these things would you do for a friend?." Chart. May 21, 2013. Statista. Accessed April 06, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/262625/things-americans-would-do-for-a-friend/
Lifeboat. (2013). Which of these things would you do for a friend?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 06, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/262625/things-americans-would-do-for-a-friend/
Lifeboat. "Which of These Things Would You Do for a Friend?." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 May 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/262625/things-americans-would-do-for-a-friend/
Lifeboat, Which of these things would you do for a friend? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/262625/things-americans-would-do-for-a-friend/ (last visited April 06, 2020)
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