MEDIA RELEASE: According to The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), lack of social connections can lead to a higher risk of developing a mental health condition, but Australian men have a range of opportunities for social interactions.

Dr Paul Jelfs, ABS General Manager of Population and Social Statistics, said that 75 percent of Australian men had weekly face-to face contact with family or friends living outside their household in 2014, while almost 9 in 10 men (89 per cent) also had weekly contact through other means such as phone calls, text messaging and email.

Sport was a popular form of social interaction, with around three quarters of all men participating in physical recreation in 2014 and just over half attending a sporting event as a spectator.

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