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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 sports group, hobby or leisure club
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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 France 51.2%
3 Germany49.7%
4 Canada46.3%
5 United Kingdom42.9%
6 United States39.0%
7 Japan37.2%
8 Italy26.2%

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.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.019074 X +5.740
Correlation coefficient (r)0.597
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.356

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 37571.414341 X +35034.659
Correlation coefficient (r)0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -4.912086 X +83.567
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.201
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.440304 X +0.872
Correlation coefficient (r)0.586
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.343

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 10.483175 X +5.080
Correlation coefficient (r)0.267
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071