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Question: How often do you read these materials because you want to? - Fiction (novels, narratives, stories)
Choices: "Never or almost never" "A few times a year" "About once a month" "Several times a month" "Several times a week"
Data: % of "Several times a week"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan22.4%
2 Turkiye22.3%
3 Republic of Korea18.2%
4 Colombia16.9%
5 Mexico16.4%
6 Israel16.2%
7 Costa Rica14.3%
8 Canada14.0%
9 Australia13.8%
10 Chile13.7%
11 New Zealand13.3%
12 Spain12.8%
13 Ireland12.4%
13 United States12.4%
15 Germany12.1%
15 United Kingdom12.1%
17 Lithuania11.7%
18 Iceland11.6%
19 Luxembourg11.1%
20 Italy11.0%
21 Slovakia10.8%
22 Latvia10.6%
23 France10.5%
24 Sweden10.1%
25 Austria10.0%
26 Switzerland9.7%
27 Denmark9.6%
28 Portugal9.4%
29 Poland9.3%
30 Estonia8.9%
30 Greece8.9%
32 Hungary8.8%
33 Czech Republic8.7%
34 Netherlands6.9%
35 Norway 6.7%
36 Belgium6.6%
37 Finland6.4%
38 Slovenia6.1%

Note
The data of Azerbaijan are collected only in Baku. The data of China are collected only in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -7.016917 X +7.510
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.478
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -192183.832155 X +69157.531
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.266
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -4.810822 X +80.950
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.065
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 1.339387 X +1.359
Correlation coefficient (r)0.171
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -19.937764 X +12.203
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035