Tweet
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 political party, club or 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:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia23.2%
2 Canada21.4%
3 New Zealand18.6%
4 Norway16.8%
5 Israel12.9%
6 Austria11.9%
7 Italy11.0%
8 Finland10.3%
9 Denmark9.4%
10 Germany8.5%
10 Japan 8.5%
12 France8.2%
13 Czech Republic7.9%
14 United States7.4%
15 Slovenia6.4%
16 Spain4.6%
17 Chile2.6%
18 Poland1.7%
19 Hungary1.4%
20 Latvia1.0%

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 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 4.234756 X +6.357
Correlation coefficient (r)0.563
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.317

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 234023.121741 X +22001.811
Correlation coefficient (r)0.658
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.433

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 33.969483 X +77.150
Correlation coefficient (r)0.665
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.442

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.952045 X +1.522
Correlation coefficient (r)0.164
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -5.517336 X +10.600
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013