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Question: On a normal school day, how much time do you spend before or after school doing each of these things? - I play or talk with friends.
Choices: "No time" "Less than 1 hour" "1-2 hours" "More than 2 but less 4 hours" "4 or more hours"
Data: % of "More than 2 but less 4 hours" "4 or more hours"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Czech Republic61.6%
2 Sweden61.2%
3 United Kingdom57.9%
4 Norway57.7%
5 Italy51.4%
6 United States50.8%
7 Lithuania50.5%
8 Hungary49.4%
9 Spain44.9%
10 Israel 42.1%
11 Canada40.9%
12 Colombia38.5%
13 Slovenia36.6%
14 Australia34.5%
15 Japan30.2%
16 Republic of Korea25.6%
17 Turkiye20.1%

Note
Don't know/ No answer are excluded. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 21 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 3.233562 X +5.116
Correlation coefficient (r)0.627
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.393

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 71832.254420 X +10269.096
Correlation coefficient (r)0.401
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.161

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -1.169996 X +81.072
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 0.093156 X +1.488
Correlation coefficient (r)0.027
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -0.266852 X +10.405
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000