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Question: In the last 12 months, how often have you participated in the activities of a cultural association/ group?
Choices: "At least once a week" "At least once a month" "Several times" "Once or twice" "Never"
Data: % of "At least once a week" "At least once a month"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand26.5%
2 France17.3%
3 Switzerland13.5%
4 Norway13.4%
5 Austria 13.3%
6 Israel9.1%
7 United States8.9%
8 Republic of Korea8.5%
9 Mexico8.1%
9 United Kingdom8.1%
11 Slovenia7.8%
12 Germany7.5%
13 Belgium7.1%
14 Chile6.4%
15 Sweden6.2%
16 Australia6.1%
16 Ireland6.1%
18 Finland4.8%
18 Latvia4.8%
20 Hungary4.7%
21 Japan4.3%
22 Czech Republic3.9%
23 Slovakia3.6%
24 Poland2.2%

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 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.400942 X +6.547
Correlation coefficient (r)0.284
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 164097.495277 X +32821.828
Correlation coefficient (r)0.324
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.105

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 26.119235 X +77.758
Correlation coefficient (r)0.354
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.647714 X +1.572
Correlation coefficient (r)0.095
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -6.643501 X +11.451
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010