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Question: People sometimes belong to different kinds of groups or associations. The list below contains different types of groups. For each type of group, please tick a box to say whether you have participated in the activities of this group in the past 12 months. - A trade union or professional association
Choices: "I have participated more than twice" "I have participated once or twice" "I belong to such a group but never participate" "I do not belong to such a group"
Data: % of "I have participated more than twice" "I have participated once or twice" "I belong to such a group but never participate"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland 58.7%
2 Denmark58.0%
3 Norway44.2%
4 Canada35.3%
5 New Zealand27.2%
6 Australia25.2%
7 Slovenia24.8%
8 United States24.3%
9 United Kingdom23.4%
10 Austria22.8%
11 Switzerland21.6%
12 Germany19.7%
13 France18.9%
14 Italy16.9%
15 Israel15.4%
16 Czech Republic14.6%
17 Japan14.4%
18 Hungary11.3%
19 Latvia10.7%
20 Poland9.3%
21 Chile7.8%
22 Spain7.1%

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

No data for 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 2.609992 X +6.172
Correlation coefficient (r)0.815
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.664

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 99259.147007 X +23847.600
Correlation coefficient (r)0.595
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.354

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 7.566207 X +78.850
Correlation coefficient (r)0.341
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.010384 X +1.610
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 3.239428 X +9.157
Correlation coefficient (r)0.153
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023