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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"
Data: % of "About once a month" "2-3 times a month" "Nearly every week" "Every week" "Several times a week"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines40.1%
2 Chile30.0%
3 United States28.6%
4 Italy22.1%
5 Germany20.5%
6 Slovakia19.7%
7 Ireland18.2%
8 New Zealand17.0%
9 Israel16.0%
10 Poland15.6%
11 Australia15.4%
12 Canada13.8%
13 Austria13.0%
14 United Kingdom11.7%
15 Switzerland11.4%
16 Netherlands11.2%
17 Bulgaria10.6%
18 Norway9.7%
19 France8.4%
19 Portugal 8.4%
21 Sweden8.1%
22 Spain7.6%
23 Denmark6.3%
24 Czech Republic5.5%
24 Slovenia5.5%
26 Latvia5.3%
27 Cyprus5.1%
28 Japan3.9%
29 Hungary3.4%
30 Russian Federation0.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.190552 X +6.654
Correlation coefficient (r)0.027
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -4662.945270 X +43489.446
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.016
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -6.534360 X +80.763
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.162
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 1.425581 X +1.413
Correlation coefficient (r)0.377
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.142

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -26.995330 X +15.580
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.493
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.243