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Question: In the past 12 months, how often, if at all, have you taken part in activities of political parties, political groups or associations?
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:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia95.4%
2 Japan92.1%
3 Spain91.7%
4 Lithuania90.8%
5 France89.0%
6 Australia87.6%
6 United Kingdom87.6%
8 Czech Republic87.5%
9 Austria87.2%
10 Israel87.1%
11 Finland 86.4%
12 New Zealand86.2%
13 Hungary85.9%
14 Denmark85.7%
15 Iceland85.3%
15 Sweden85.3%
17 Germany84.5%
18 Switzerland81.9%
19 United States78.8%
20 Slovakia70.0%
21 Mexico64.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.480968 X +6.457
Correlation coefficient (r)0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 22775.945620 X +29507.827
Correlation coefficient (r)0.072
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 22.743246 X +61.301
Correlation coefficient (r)0.559
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.312

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.862852 X +2.317
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.175
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 15.552284 X -2.867
Correlation coefficient (r)0.305
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.093