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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 "No time" "Less than 1 hour"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia46.9%
2 Italy43.4%
3 United States40.6%
4 United Kingdom38.0%England only
5 Japan32.0%
6 Germany20.4%
7 Sweden 16.6%

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

No data for 3 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.085665 X +7.080
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.294
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 17230.019814 X +45501.540
Correlation coefficient (r)0.127
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -3.633067 X +82.892
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.155
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.262622 X +1.621
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.167
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -5.220423 X +11.753
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.168
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028