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Question: Have you belonged to a political party?
Choices: "Belong and actively participate" "Belong but don't participate" "Used to belong" "Never belonged"
Data: % of "Belong and actively participate" "Belong but don't participate"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada18.4%
2 Israel18.3%
3 Austria17.9%
4 Norway17.3%
5 Mexico12.2%
6 Netherlands11.2%
6 New Zealand11.2%
8 United States10.9%
9 Belgium10.4%
10 Ireland10.3%
11 Switzerland9.9%
12 Finland9.5%
13 Czech Republic8.2%
14 Denmark7.4%
15 Slovakia6.7%
16 Spain5.9%
17 Portugal5.7%
18 Slovenia5.4%
19 Japan5.2%
20 France4.9%
21 Australia4.8%
22 Germany4.5%
23 Chile 3.5%
23 Republic of Korea3.5%
25 Latvia2.0%
26 Hungary1.5%
27 Poland0.7%

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

No data for 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 5.569950 X +6.277
Correlation coefficient (r)0.601
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.361

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 270122.385789 X +23656.359
Correlation coefficient (r)0.530
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.281

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 18.899528 X +78.590
Correlation coefficient (r)0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 2.809554 X +1.362
Correlation coefficient (r)0.409
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.167

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -17.990700 X +11.956
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.263
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069