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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 sports group, hobby or leisure club
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:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand62.5%
2 Australia55.0%
3 Finland54.0%
4 France51.2%
5 Denmark50.4%
6 Germany49.7%
7 Norway49.5%
8 Canada46.3%
9 Switzerland 45.5%
10 United Kingdom42.9%
11 United States39.0%
12 Japan37.2%
13 Austria32.7%
14 Slovenia27.8%
15 Czech Republic26.6%
16 Italy26.2%
17 Israel25.7%
18 Latvia18.0%
19 Spain16.6%
20 Chile13.9%
21 Poland7.5%
22 Hungary6.9%

No data for 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 1.819831 X +6.130
Correlation coefficient (r)0.648
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.420

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 98251.137012 X +11867.606
Correlation coefficient (r)0.672
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.452

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 11.671110 X +76.444
Correlation coefficient (r)0.600
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.360

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.115166 X +1.567
Correlation coefficient (r)0.053
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 1.691552 X +9.306
Correlation coefficient (r)0.091
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008