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Question: How often do you take part in the activities or organizations of a church or place of worship other than attending services?
Choices: "Never" "Less than once a year" "About once or twice a year" "Several times a year" "About once a month" "2-3 times a month" "Nearly every week" "Every week" "Several times a week" "Once a day" (the United States and Tanzania only)
Data: % of "About once a month" "2-3 times a month" "Nearly every week" "Every week" "Several times a week" "Once a day"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea31.5%
2 United States21.4%
3 Italy19.9%
4 United Kingdom15.8%
5 Australia12.8%
6 Germany9.9%
7 France 8.9%
8 Sweden5.4%
9 Japan4.3%

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. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.012362 X +6.918
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.410
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.168

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -12836.362245 X +50104.826
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -7.458011 X +83.010
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.268
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.291421 X +1.815
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.637
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.406

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 24.644677 X +7.627
Correlation coefficient (r)0.442
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.195