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Question: In the past 12 months, how often, if at all, have you taken part in activities of charitable or religious organisations that do voluntary work?
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 Japan 89.3%
2 Spain81.8%
3 Lithuania80.7%
4 Czech Republic78.7%
5 France75.8%
5 Hungary75.8%
7 Austria73.2%
8 Sweden71.5%
9 Germany70.8%
10 Israel70.3%
11 Iceland68.2%
12 Slovenia66.8%
13 Denmark65.2%
14 Slovakia63.3%
15 Switzerland63.1%
16 Finland62.8%
17 Mexico62.5%
18 United Kingdom57.7%
19 Australia53.7%
20 New Zealand46.9%
21 United States42.0%

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 = -1.331224 X +7.767
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.326
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -82205.826406 X +101797.854
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.440
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 3.042281 X +78.062
Correlation coefficient (r)0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.451714 X +1.972
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.147
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.736591 X +9.898
Correlation coefficient (r)0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001