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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%
4 Australia34.2%
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.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.085354 X +6.285
Correlation coefficient (r)0.651
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.424

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 66523.510403 X +28159.688
Correlation coefficient (r)0.854
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.729

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -9.510855 X +84.798
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.729
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.531

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.287164 X +1.444
Correlation coefficient (r)0.273
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 7.310994 X +7.274
Correlation coefficient (r)0.436
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.190