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Question: During this academic year, when you have to read a book or a chapter from a book for yourtest language lessons, does the teacher usually ask you to do the following tasks in the classroom or for homework? - List and write a short description of the main characters.
Choices: "Yes" "No"
Data: % of "Yes"
Period:
Area:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Belarus91.6%
2 Philippines89.5%
3 Poland89.3%
4 Ukraine88.9%
5 Kazakhstan88.6%
6 Viet Nam88.2%
7 Russian Federation87.7%
8 Albania86.8%
9 Moldova86.5%
10 Montenegro85.8%
11 Peru84.8%
12 Ireland84.4%
13 Malaysia83.8%
14 Latvia83.6%
15 Thailand83.5%
16 United Kingdom82.2%
17 Croatia81.6%
18 China81.5%
19 Slovenia81.2%
20 Lithuania80.4%
21 Denmark80.1%
22 Georgia79.6%
23 Germany79.5%
24 Dominican Republic79.3%
24 Romania79.3%
26 Bosnia and Herzegovina79.2%
27 Colombia76.7%
28 Iceland76.0%
29 Indonesia75.6%
30 Argentina74.6%
31 New Zealand74.4%
32 Luxembourg74.2%
33 Uruguay73.7%
34 Australia73.6%
34 Portugal73.6%
36 Finland73.5%
37 Serbia72.7%
38 Azerbaijan72.1%
39 Panama71.6%
40 Greece70.6%
41 Canada70.4%
42 Estonia69.8%
43 Chile69.7%
44 Kosovo69.5%
45 Costa Rica68.8%
46 Switzerland68.6%
47 Morocco67.3%
48 United Arab Emirates66.4%
49 Cyprus66.3%
50 Norway66.1%
51 Japan 65.1%
52 France65.0%
53 United States64.9%
54 Macao, China64.1%
55 Turkiye64.0%
56 Slovakia63.5%
57 Brunei Darussalam63.1%
58 Netherlands62.8%
59 Mexico62.3%
60 Austria61.0%
60 Jordan61.0%
62 Qatar60.7%
63 Bulgaria60.4%
64 Sweden60.2%
65 Hong Kong, China60.0%
66 Malta59.6%
67 Czech Republic59.2%
68 Belgium59.1%
69 Italy57.6%
69 Spain57.6%
71 Republic of Korea56.7%
72 Saudi Arabia56.2%
73 Taiwan54.1%
74 Israel50.6%
75 Hungary50.2%
76 Singapore50.1%
77 Brazil45.9%

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

No data for 161 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -1.038242 X +7.047
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = -68749.465525 X +80778.706
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.280
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -18.077465 X +90.385
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 0.441651 X +1.351
Correlation coefficient (r)0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = 9.130006 X +2.410
Correlation coefficient (r)0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046