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Question: In the last 12 months, how often have you participated in the activities of a cultural association/ group?
Choices: "At least once a week" "At least once a month" "Several times" "Once or twice" "Never"
Data: % of "At least once a week" "At least once a month"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France17.3%
2 United States8.9%
3 Republic of Korea8.5%
4 United Kingdom8.1%
5 Germany7.5%
6 Sweden6.2%
7 Australia6.1%
8 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. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.245541 X +6.791
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.018
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -43520.369529 X +54862.016
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -12.536260 X +82.911
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.810145 X +1.263
Correlation coefficient (r)0.368
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.945957 X +15.071
Correlation coefficient (r)0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000