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Question: In the past 12 months, how often, if at all, have you taken part in activities of groups or associations for leisure, sports or culture?
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"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland34.1%
2 Denmark33.3%
3 New Zealand32.5%
4 France30.7%
4 Germany30.7%
6 Australia29.3%
7 Iceland28.5%
8 Israel27.2%
9 Sweden25.6%
10 United Kingdom25.5%
11 Slovenia22.9%
12 Austria21.8%
13 Finland20.5%
14 United States17.1%
15 Spain16.9%
16 Czech Republic15.9%
17 Mexico15.5%
18 Slovakia14.5%
19 Japan 10.6%
20 Hungary6.5%
21 Lithuania5.4%

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 = 4.438984 X +5.948
Correlation coefficient (r)0.728
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.530

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 170527.038246 X +8523.061
Correlation coefficient (r)0.716
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.513

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 22.234616 X +75.596
Correlation coefficient (r)0.660
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.436

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.791183 X +1.470
Correlation coefficient (r)0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -20.724616 X +17.718
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.383
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147