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Question: Have you belonged to a sports, leisure or cultural group?
Choices: "Belong and actively participate" "Belong but don't participate" "Used to belong" "Never belonged"
Data: % of "Belong and actively participate" "Belong but don't participate"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden49.9%
2 France43.9%
3 Australia43.6%
4 Canada42.0%
5 Germany41.4%
6 United States30.8%
7 United Kingdom28.2%
8 Japan 23.3%
9 Republic of Korea22.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 3.931431 X +5.377
Correlation coefficient (r)0.801
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.642

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 59117.606627 X +29950.047
Correlation coefficient (r)0.529
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.280

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.295632 X +82.313
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.829221 X +0.826
Correlation coefficient (r)0.657
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.432

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -25.425515 X +23.968
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.450
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203