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Question: Have you belonged to a trade union, business, or professional association?
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 Sweden55.0%
2 Australia28.6%
3 United Kingdom21.0%
4 United States19.6%
5 Germany16.2%
6 France 15.1%
7 Japan13.2%
8 Republic of Korea7.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.582477 X +6.097
Correlation coefficient (r)0.859
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.738

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 46458.881578 X +39796.239
Correlation coefficient (r)0.451
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.619111 X +81.469
Correlation coefficient (r)0.092
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.030833 X +1.287
Correlation coefficient (r)0.470
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.221

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -6.064652 X +13.376
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.202
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041