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Question: How often do you take part in the activities or organizations of a church or place of worship other than attending services?
Choices: "Never" "Less than once a year" "About once or twice a year" "Several times a year" "About once a month" "2-3 times a month" "Nearly every week" "Every week" "Several times a week" "Once a day" (the United States and Tanzania only)
Data: % of "About once a month" "2-3 times a month" "Nearly every week" "Every week" "Several times a week" "Once a day"
Period:
Area:
44 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Indonesia57.2%
2 Tanzania53.6%
3 Sri Lanka50.9%
4 Kenya46.5%
5 Philippines41.5%
6 Venezuela38.6%
7 South Africa35.0%
8 Republic of Korea31.5%
9 Chile30.3%
10 Mexico29.1%
11 Israel25.6%
12 Portugal22.0%
13 United States21.4%
14 Italy19.9%
15 Dominican Republic19.8%
16 Turkiye18.9%
17 New Zealand16.3%
18 United Kingdom15.8%
19 Uruguay13.9%
20 Ireland13.4%
21 Poland12.9%
22 Australia12.8%
23 Slovakia11.8%
24 Switzerland10.6%
25 Germany9.9%
26 Netherlands9.8%
27 Croatia9.0%
28 France8.9%
29 Spain8.5%
30 Taiwan8.0%
31 Austria7.8%
31 Czech Republic7.8%
33 Finland 7.7%
34 Norway7.3%
35 Slovenia6.8%
36 Hungary6.7%
37 Denmark6.6%
38 Belgium6.4%
39 Cyprus6.3%
40 Sweden5.4%
41 Latvia4.9%
42 Ukraine4.6%
43 Japan4.3%
44 Russian Federation2.0%

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. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 194 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = -4.214310 X +7.057
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.649
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.421

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = -87633.087371 X +49424.471
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.493
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.243

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -19.475840 X +81.691
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.564
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.318

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 3.084337 X +1.232
Correlation coefficient (r)0.688
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.473

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -18.446295 X +15.583
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.416
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.173