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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 "Once a week or more" "One to three times a month"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Thailand36.6%
2 India35.9%
3 New Zealand19.6%
4 Australia17.0%
5 Suriname16.3%
6 Philippines15.4%
7 United States14.8%
8 South Africa14.7%
8 United Kingdom14.7%
10 Mexico14.3%
11 Switzerland14.1%
12 Israel13.9%
13 Austria11.8%
14 Iceland11.0%
15 Croatia10.8%
16 Slovenia10.2%
17 Slovakia10.1%
18 Finland10.0%
19 Germany9.4%
20 Denmark9.2%
21 Taiwan8.7%
22 France8.2%
23 Sweden7.6%
24 Spain5.9%
25 Hungary5.8%
26 Czech Republic3.4%
27 Russian Federation3.3%
28 Lithuania3.2%
29 Japan 2.8%
30 China2.7%

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 = -3.342331 X +6.946
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -46319.348900 X +41417.104
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -16.445885 X +79.735
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.227
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 1.357225 X +1.562
Correlation coefficient (r)0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -4.645721 X +11.957
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005