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Question: In the past 12 months, how often, if at all, have you taken part in activities of groups or associations for leisure, sports or culture?
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 Japan56.6%
2 Germany40.1%
3 United Kingdom38.7%
4 United States37.7%
5 France 34.6%
6 Sweden30.3%
7 Australia29.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -4.000238 X +8.283
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.908
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.824

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -94571.124269 X +88731.720
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.591
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.349

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 4.749931 X +79.768
Correlation coefficient (r)0.160
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.607360 X +2.229
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.881
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.776

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.213141 X +10.274
Correlation coefficient (r)0.042
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002