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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:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand19.6%
2 Australia17.0%
3 United States14.8%
4 United Kingdom14.7%
5 Mexico14.3%
6 Switzerland14.1%
7 Israel13.9%
8 Austria11.8%
9 Iceland11.0%
10 Slovenia10.2%
11 Slovakia10.1%
12 Finland10.0%
13 Germany9.4%
14 Denmark9.2%
15 France8.2%
16 Sweden7.6%
17 Spain5.9%
18 Hungary5.8%
19 Czech Republic3.4%
20 Lithuania3.2%
21 Japan 2.8%

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 = 4.697208 X +6.446
Correlation coefficient (r)0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 190902.678613 X +26556.009
Correlation coefficient (r)0.424
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.180

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 11.384500 X +79.343
Correlation coefficient (r)0.179
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 2.144460 X +1.423
Correlation coefficient (r)0.292
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -43.225007 X +17.595
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.423
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.179