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Question: Have you belonged to a trade union, business, or professional association?
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:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Iceland69.0%
2 Denmark65.0%
3 Sweden55.0%
4 Norway54.2%
5 Finland53.9%
6 Belgium32.9%
7 Netherlands29.1%
8 Australia28.6%
9 Switzerland21.7%
10 United Kingdom21.0%
11 Austria20.0%
12 United States19.6%
13 Slovenia17.3%
14 Spain17.1%
15 Germany16.2%
16 Israel15.6%
17 France15.1%
18 Japan 13.2%
19 Czech Republic9.1%
20 Chile9.0%
21 Slovakia8.8%
22 Republic of Korea7.4%
23 Lithuania6.8%
24 Hungary6.1%
25 Poland5.9%
26 Turkiye5.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 2.554263 X +6.187
Correlation coefficient (r)0.714
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.510

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 79894.387493 X +26652.319
Correlation coefficient (r)0.689
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.475

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 6.739966 X +79.050
Correlation coefficient (r)0.486
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.236

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.028684 X +1.582
Correlation coefficient (r)0.016
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -2.545883 X +14.172
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.088
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008