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Question: Have you belonged to a sports, leisure or cultural group?
Choices: "Belong and actively participate" "Belong but don't participate" "Used to belong" "Never belonged"
Data: % of "Belong and actively participate" "Belong but don't participate"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden45.4%
2 Australia44.3%
3 Germany42.3%
4 France 40.6%
5 United Kingdom32.6%
6 United States29.4%
7 Republic of Korea24.9%
8 Japan24.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 4.303009 X +5.139
Correlation coefficient (r)0.849
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.721

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 68503.054894 X +25721.541
Correlation coefficient (r)0.394
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.155

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.465568 X +80.950
Correlation coefficient (r)0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.650415 X +0.574
Correlation coefficient (r)0.716
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.513

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -26.458441 X +21.427
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.522
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.272