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Question: People sometimes belong to different kinds of groups or associations. The list below contains different types of groups. For each type of group, please tick a box to say whether you have participated in the activities of this group in the past 12 months. - A trade union or professional association
Choices: "I have participated more than twice" "I have participated once or twice" "I belong to such a group but never participate" "I do not belong to such a group"
Data: % of "I have participated more than twice" "I have participated once or twice" "I belong to such a group but never participate"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland58.7%
2 Denmark58.0%
3 Norway44.2%
4 Canada35.3%
5 Cyprus33.0%
6 New Zealand27.2%
7 Australia25.2%
8 Slovenia24.8%
9 United States24.3%
10 United Kingdom23.4%
11 Austria22.8%
12 Switzerland21.6%
13 Germany19.7%
14 France18.9%
15 Italy16.9%
16 Russian Federation16.4%
17 Israel15.4%
18 Czech Republic14.6%
19 Japan 14.4%
20 Brazil13.4%
21 South Africa11.8%
22 Hungary11.3%
23 Latvia10.7%
24 Poland9.3%
25 Chile7.8%
26 Philippines7.2%
27 Spain7.1%

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.

No data for 211 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 2.841482 X +5.995
Correlation coefficient (r)0.710
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.504

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 115360.958555 X +15361.966
Correlation coefficient (r)0.618
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.382

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 16.581702 X +75.185
Correlation coefficient (r)0.418
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.175

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.564501 X +1.789
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.187
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.049044 X +10.183
Correlation coefficient (r)0.001
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000