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Question: How often do you take part in the activities or organizations of a church or place of worship other than attending services?
Choices: "Never" "Less than once a year" "About once or twice a year" "Several times a year" "About once a month" "2-3 times a month" "Nearly every week" "Every week" "Several times a week"
Data: % of "About once a month" "2-3 times a month" "Nearly every week" "Every week" "Several times a week"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States28.6%
2 Italy22.1%
3 Germany20.5%
5 Canada13.8%
6 United Kingdom11.7%
7 France 8.4%
9 Japan3.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.252829 X +6.389
Correlation coefficient (r)0.370
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.137

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 127529.499135 X +30875.978
Correlation coefficient (r)0.709
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.503

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -19.073373 X +84.484
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.779
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.607

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.242264 X +1.437
Correlation coefficient (r)0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.239132 X +9.423
Correlation coefficient (r)0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000