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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" "Once a day" (the United States and Tanzania only)
Data: % of "About once a month" "2-3 times a month" "Nearly every week" "Every week" "Several times a week" "Once a day"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea31.5%
2 Chile30.3%
3 Mexico29.1%
4 Israel25.6%
5 Portugal22.0%
6 United States21.4%
7 Italy19.9%
8 Turkiye18.9%
9 New Zealand16.3%
10 United Kingdom15.8%
11 Ireland13.4%
12 Poland12.9%
13 Australia12.8%
14 Slovakia11.8%
15 Switzerland10.6%
16 Germany9.9%
17 Netherlands9.8%
18 France8.9%
19 Spain8.5%
20 Austria7.8%
20 Czech Republic7.8%
22 Finland7.7%
23 Norway7.3%
24 Slovenia6.8%
25 Hungary6.7%
26 Denmark6.6%
27 Belgium6.4%
28 Sweden5.4%
29 Latvia4.9%
30 Japan 4.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -2.006759 X +6.956
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.281
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.079

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -77694.834442 X +55197.766
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.241
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -8.342695 X +81.282
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.338473 X +1.558
Correlation coefficient (r)0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -8.752955 X +11.086
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033