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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia55.0%
2 France51.2%
3 Germany49.7%
4 Canada46.3%
5 United Kingdom42.9%
6 United States39.0%
7 Japan 37.2%
8 Italy26.2%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.518080 X +5.698
Correlation coefficient (r)0.618
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.382

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 60342.293311 X +24101.691
Correlation coefficient (r)0.487
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.237

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.295451 X +81.075
Correlation coefficient (r)0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.375091 X +0.918
Correlation coefficient (r)0.685
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.469

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 12.696300 X +6.535
Correlation coefficient (r)0.355
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.126