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Question: In the past 12 months, how often, if at all, have you taken part in activities of charitable or religious organisations that do voluntary work?
Choices: "Once a week or more" "One to three times a month" "Several times in the past year" "Once in the past year" "Never"
Data: % of "Once a week or more" "One to three times a month"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia17.0%
2 United States14.8%
3 United Kingdom14.7%
4 Germany9.4%
5 France8.2%
6 Sweden7.6%
7 Japan 2.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 5.112843 X +6.345
Correlation coefficient (r)0.598
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.358

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 143847.703035 X +38259.066
Correlation coefficient (r)0.665
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.442

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -24.339775 X +84.233
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.531
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.282

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.825633 X +1.504
Correlation coefficient (r)0.280
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -23.143029 X +15.692
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.427
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.182