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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 read a book for enjoyment.
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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada9.2%
1 Japan9.2%
3 United States8.3%
6 United Kingdom6.4%
7 Italy5.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.642378 X +6.502
Correlation coefficient (r)0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 225604.462875 X +33730.173
Correlation coefficient (r)0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -24.348341 X +83.434
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.154
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -0.746445 X +1.472
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.061
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 212.687599 X -6.887
Correlation coefficient (r)0.828
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.686