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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 "Never"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 89.3%
2 Spain81.8%
3 Lithuania80.7%
4 Czech Republic78.7%
5 France75.8%
5 Hungary75.8%
7 Austria73.2%
8 Sweden71.5%
9 Germany70.8%
10 Israel70.3%
11 Iceland68.2%
12 Slovenia66.8%
13 Denmark65.2%
14 Slovakia63.3%
15 Switzerland63.1%
16 Finland62.8%
17 Mexico62.5%
18 United Kingdom57.7%
19 Australia53.7%
20 New Zealand46.9%
21 United States42.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -1.831835 X +8.170
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -71187.394821 X +94422.247
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.394
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.155

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 1.434640 X +79.549
Correlation coefficient (r)0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.315889 X +1.858
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 7.975818 X +7.735
Correlation coefficient (r)0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038