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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 church or other religious organisation
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 United States63.2%
2 Canada51.5%
3 Germany44.5%
5 United Kingdom28.7%
6 Italy16.6%
7 France 15.1%
8 Japan9.9%

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 = 1.062934 X +6.235
Correlation coefficient (r)0.750
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.562

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 67032.684858 X +28756.998
Correlation coefficient (r)0.891
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.794

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -9.198862 X +84.530
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.898
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.806

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.229713 X +1.399
Correlation coefficient (r)0.223
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 7.228422 X +7.090
Correlation coefficient (r)0.439
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.193