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Question: In the past 12 months, how often, if at all, have you taken part in activities of charitable or religious organisations that do voluntary work?
Choices: "Once a week or more" "One to three times a month" "Several times in the past year" "Once in the past year" "Never"
Data: % of "Never"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan89.3%
2 France 75.8%
3 Sweden71.5%
4 Germany70.8%
5 United Kingdom57.7%
6 Australia53.7%
7 United States42.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.176336 X +7.526
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.467
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.218

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -80421.885199 X +105478.578
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.878
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.771

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 12.853352 X +73.125
Correlation coefficient (r)0.755
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.570

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.454770 X +1.914
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.436
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.190

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.912235 X +12.656
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.174
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030