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Question: Have you belonged to a sports, leisure or cultural group?
Choices: "Belong and actively participate" "Belong but don't participate" "Used to belong" "Never belonged"
Data: % of "Belong and actively participate" "Belong but don't participate"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Netherlands56.2%
2 Denmark52.2%
3 Sweden49.9%
4 Belgium47.0%
5 New Zealand45.9%
6 Ireland44.7%
7 Norway44.0%
8 France43.9%
9 Australia43.6%
10 Switzerland 43.2%
11 Austria42.5%
12 Canada42.0%
13 Germany41.4%
14 Finland39.7%
15 Slovenia35.1%
16 United States30.8%
17 United Kingdom28.2%
18 Israel28.0%
19 Mexico24.5%
20 Spain24.4%
21 Japan23.3%
22 Republic of Korea22.2%
23 Chile21.0%
24 Czech Republic20.6%
25 Latvia19.4%
26 Slovakia15.3%
27 Portugal13.6%
28 Poland7.6%
29 Hungary7.5%

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

No data for 9 countries.
Source
ISSP 2004

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 2.646960 X +5.893
Correlation coefficient (r)0.772
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.596
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 124021.470632 X +7508.013
Correlation coefficient (r)0.712
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.507
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 11.056912 X +77.131
Correlation coefficient (r)0.569
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.324
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.215156 X +1.456
Correlation coefficient (r)0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.145544 X +10.336
Correlation coefficient (r)0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000