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Question: In the past 12 months, how often, if at all, have you taken part in activities of charitable or religious organisations that do voluntary work?
Choices: "Once a week or more" "One to three times a month" "Several times in the past year" "Once in the past year" "Never"
Data: % of "Never"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 89.3%
2 Russian Federation87.7%
3 China87.0%
4 Spain81.8%
5 Lithuania80.7%
6 Czech Republic78.7%
7 France75.8%
7 Hungary75.8%
9 Austria73.2%
10 Sweden71.5%
11 Germany70.8%
12 Israel70.3%
13 Taiwan69.4%
14 Iceland68.2%
15 Slovenia66.8%
16 Philippines65.4%
17 Denmark65.2%
18 Slovakia63.3%
19 Croatia63.1%
19 Switzerland63.1%
21 Finland62.8%
22 Mexico62.5%
23 South Africa61.5%
24 United Kingdom57.7%
25 Australia53.7%
26 Suriname51.4%
27 New Zealand46.9%
28 United States42.0%
29 India33.8%
30 Thailand32.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.923741 X +5.937
Correlation coefficient (r)0.177
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1050.730841 X +36527.777
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 8.060252 X +72.447
Correlation coefficient (r)0.200
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.661590 X +2.161
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.228
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.417366 X +12.322
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.038
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001