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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:
50 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Czech Republic61.6%
2 Sweden61.2%
3 Bulgaria59.8%
4 United Kingdom57.9%
5 Norway57.7%
6 Russian Federation55.0%
7 Ukraine53.3%
8 Italy51.4%
9 United States50.8%
10 Lithuania50.5%
11 Hungary49.4%
12 Romania46.7%
13 Cyprus45.8%
14 Spain44.9%
15 Botswana42.1%
15 Israel42.1%
17 Canada40.9%
18 Bosnia and Herzegovina40.6%
19 Serbia40.2%
20 Colombia38.5%
21 Malta37.7%
22 Slovenia36.6%
23 Singapore35.2%
24 Australia34.5%
24 Thailand34.5%
26 Bahrain32.6%
27 Georgia32.4%
28 Lebanon32.3%
29 El Salvador30.9%
30 Japan 30.2%
31 Qatar27.6%
32 Mongolia27.2%
33 Hong Kong, China26.3%
33 Kuwait26.3%
35 Saudi Arabia26.1%
36 Republic of Korea25.6%
37 Armenia24.7%
38 Morocco24.6%
39 Malaysia23.5%
40 Tunisia23.0%
41 Egypt22.7%
42 Iran21.0%
43 Oman20.8%
43 Palestinian Territory20.8%
43 Taiwan20.8%
46 Turkiye20.1%
47 Indonesia19.2%
48 Jordan17.9%
49 Ghana15.6%
50 Syrian Arab Republic14.6%

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

No data for 188 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = 3.615122 X +4.521
Correlation coefficient (r)0.456
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.208

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data48
Regression equation
Y = 66628.703810 X +3282.208
Correlation coefficient (r)0.371
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data49
Regression equation
Y = 11.353048 X +72.807
Correlation coefficient (r)0.298
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data49
Regression equation
Y = -2.286513 X +2.650
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.478
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = 16.480096 X +2.396
Correlation coefficient (r)0.401
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.161