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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States28.6%
2 Italy22.1%
3 Germany20.5%
4 Australia15.4%
5 Canada13.8%
6 United Kingdom11.7%
7 France8.4%
8 Sweden8.1%
9 Japan 3.9%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.228150 X +6.677
Correlation coefficient (r)0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 53171.792253 X +43564.375
Correlation coefficient (r)0.373
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.139

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -19.724547 X +84.626
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.769
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.591

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.254419 X +1.569
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -6.614311 X +13.318
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.162
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026