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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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Thailand36.6%
2 India35.9%
3 New Zealand19.6%
4 Australia17.0%
5 Suriname16.3%
6 Philippines15.4%
7 United States14.8%
8 South Africa14.7%
8 United Kingdom14.7%
10 Mexico14.3%
11 Switzerland14.1%
12 Israel13.9%
13 Austria11.8%
14 Iceland11.0%
15 Croatia10.8%
16 Slovenia10.2%
17 Slovakia10.1%
18 Finland 10.0%
19 Germany9.4%
20 Denmark9.2%
21 Taiwan8.7%
22 France8.2%
23 Sweden7.6%
24 Spain5.9%
25 Hungary5.8%
26 Czech Republic3.4%
27 Russian Federation3.3%
28 Lithuania3.2%
29 Japan2.8%
30 China2.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -3.380305 X +6.954
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -49456.857886 X +41688.136
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -14.571772 X +80.110
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.241
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 1.437156 X +1.554
Correlation coefficient (r)0.302
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -17.252187 X +15.819
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.234
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055