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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 trade union or professional association
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:
1 Canada35.3%
2 Australia25.2%
3 United States24.3%
4 United Kingdom23.4%
5 Germany19.7%
6 France 18.9%
7 Italy16.9%
8 Japan14.4%

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.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.784106 X +5.800
Correlation coefficient (r)0.771
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.594

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 136376.565712 X +19726.667
Correlation coefficient (r)0.596
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.355

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -7.795332 X +83.398
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.570131 X +1.412
Correlation coefficient (r)0.184
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 10.990859 X +7.237
Correlation coefficient (r)0.223
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050