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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"
Data: % of "About once a month" "2-3 times a month" "Nearly every week" "Every week" "Several times a week"
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile30.0%
2 United States28.6%
3 Italy22.1%
4 Germany20.5%
5 Slovakia19.7%
6 Ireland18.2%
7 New Zealand17.0%
8 Israel16.0%
9 Poland15.6%
10 Australia15.4%
11 Canada13.8%
12 Austria13.0%
13 United Kingdom11.7%
14 Switzerland11.4%
15 Netherlands11.2%
16 Norway9.7%
17 France8.4%
17 Portugal8.4%
19 Sweden8.1%
20 Spain7.6%
21 Denmark6.3%
22 Czech Republic5.5%
22 Slovenia5.5%
24 Latvia5.3%
25 Japan 3.9%
26 Hungary3.4%

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 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.026681 X +6.742
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 42828.009596 X +42312.554
Correlation coefficient (r)0.119
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -4.218454 X +81.088
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.094
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.281232 X +1.577
Correlation coefficient (r)0.062
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -8.558761 X +10.786
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048