EIGE

How frequently do you participate in social activities of a club, society, or an association? (% of respondents, 18+ population) ta_timeuse_soclesact_gen__eqls_freqactivities__club

Time format:
Years
Unit:
Percentage (comparable)
Description:

Calculations are based on microdata from the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS), coordinated by Eurofound. The survey aims to represent the population of all residents in a survey country aged 18 or older.

The question considered is question Q27d from the 2016 EQLS survey in the EQLS Integrated Data File, 2003-2016: How frequently do you participate in social activities of a club, society, or an association? 1 Every day or almost every day; 2 At least once a week; 3 One to three times a month; 4 Less often; 5 Never.

For each response category, the indicator is calculated as the percentage of persons who answered the question using this response category out of all respondents who were asked to respond to this question.

The selection of relevant questions from the EQLS surveys to be included in the database was based on the following criteria:

  • Additionality: EQLS questions were included where they provided additional information compared to other data (such as Eurostat data) included in the database;
  • Policy & research relevance: EQLS questions were included where they were judged to be highly policy relevant and/or showed substantial gender variation in data;
  • Recent data: EQLS questions were included only if they were last asked less than ten years ago; and
  • Sufficient sample size: EQLS questions were included only if there was a sufficient number of respondents to allow for response breakdown by EU Member States and gender.
Keywords:
leisure activities, leisure time, population, social activities, time use
AL
BG
CZ
SK
EE
LV
RO
PL
LT
TR
ME
MK
SI
DE
IT
CY
HU
AT
BE
EU28
PT
ES
RS
EL
XK
LU
MT
UK
FI
IE
FR
IS
HR
NL
SE
DK
2016
2011
AL
2.5
BG
0.8
0.5
CZ
0.5
0.6
SK
0.8
0.7
EE
1.8
0.9
LV
3.6
0.9
RO
1.4
0.9
PL
1.7
1.2
LT
2.8
1.4
TR
2.7
1.4
ME
3.7
1.7
MK
1.3
1.7
SI
5.4
1.7
DE
3.5
1.8
IT
1.8
2.1
CY
2.5
2.3
HU
0.8
2.3
AT
3.5
2.5
BE
2.7
2.8
EU28
3.1
2.8
PT
4.8
2.8
ES
3.7
2.8
RS
2.8
3.1
EL
1
3.4
XK
3.7
LU
3.9
3.9
MT
2.8
4
UK
4.3
4.2
FI
5.1
4.4
IE
7
4.4
FR
3.9
4.6
IS
4.9
HR
3.8
5
NL
3.6
5.1
SE
7.2
5.6
DK
5.7
5.7

Available flags:

b break in time series c confidential
d definition differs, see metadata e estimated
f forecast i see metadata
m imputed n not significant
p provisional r revised
s Eurostat estimate u low reliability
x dropped due to insufficient sample size y unreliable due to small sample size
z not applicable