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Question: In the past 12 months, how often, if at all, have you taken part in activities of groups or associations for leisure, sports or culture?
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"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland34.1%
2 Denmark33.3%
3 New Zealand32.5%
4 France30.7%
4 Germany30.7%
6 Australia29.3%
7 Iceland28.5%
8 Israel27.2%
9 Sweden25.6%
10 United Kingdom25.5%
11 Slovenia22.9%
12 Austria21.8%
13 Croatia20.8%
14 Finland20.5%
15 United States17.1%
16 Spain16.9%
17 Czech Republic15.9%
18 Mexico15.5%
19 India14.9%
20 Slovakia14.5%
21 Suriname13.7%
22 Thailand12.3%
23 Japan 10.6%
24 Russian Federation8.6%
25 Taiwan7.8%
26 South Africa6.6%
27 Hungary6.5%
28 Lithuania5.4%
29 China5.2%
30 Philippines4.3%

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 = 4.666547 X +5.671
Correlation coefficient (r)0.595
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.354

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 196569.858659 X -803.455
Correlation coefficient (r)0.759
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.576

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 42.632050 X +69.629
Correlation coefficient (r)0.681
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.464

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.000044 X +1.727
Correlation coefficient (r)0.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -17.111428 X +14.646
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.293
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086