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Question: Have you belonged to a church or other religious organization?
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:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico89.9%
2 Denmark84.8%
3 Ireland75.7%
4 Austria72.0%
5 Finland68.2%
6 Poland64.1%
7 United States61.6%
8 Canada61.3%
9 Sweden60.5%
9 Switzerland60.5%
11 Norway58.0%
12 Venezuela56.1%
13 Germany51.0%
14 Brazil 41.7%
15 Netherlands40.5%
16 Philippines37.1%
17 Chile37.0%
18 Uruguay36.9%
19 Slovenia34.9%
20 Latvia34.5%
20 United Kingdom34.5%
22 Australia32.8%
23 New Zealand32.7%
24 Hungary30.1%
25 Portugal29.7%
26 Republic of Korea25.1%
27 Slovakia23.6%
28 France22.8%
29 Belgium22.5%
30 Israel21.5%
31 Czech Republic19.7%
32 Taiwan19.1%
33 Spain16.3%
34 Russian Federation9.9%
35 Japan8.4%
36 Bulgaria3.9%
37 Cyprus1.8%

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 201 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 1.253964 X +6.114
Correlation coefficient (r)0.422
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.178

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 43881.624928 X +21936.075
Correlation coefficient (r)0.397
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 1.022973 X +79.101
Correlation coefficient (r)0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 0.149236 X +1.564
Correlation coefficient (r)0.095
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -3.648100 X +14.045
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020