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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 "No time" "Less than 1 hour"
Period:
Area:
50 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway83.9%
2 United Kingdom82.4%
3 Sweden81.4%
4 Australia80.6%
5 Malta80.0%
6 Italy79.6%
7 Kuwait78.6%
8 United States78.5%
9 Colombia78.3%
10 Lithuania77.7%
11 Jordan77.3%
12 Slovenia77.1%
13 Bahrain76.9%
14 Bulgaria76.4%
15 Spain76.0%
16 Czech Republic75.7%
16 Hungary75.7%
18 Republic of Korea75.6%
19 Serbia75.2%
20 Canada74.8%
21 Palestinian Territory73.8%
22 Romania73.6%
22 Saudi Arabia73.6%
24 Qatar72.5%
25 Oman71.7%
26 Lebanon71.4%
27 Singapore71.1%
28 Cyprus69.5%
28 Japan 69.5%
30 Egypt69.4%
31 El Salvador69.3%
32 Bosnia and Herzegovina68.1%
33 Israel67.8%
34 Thailand65.8%
35 Syrian Arab Republic65.6%
36 Indonesia65.4%
37 Morocco65.0%
38 Ukraine64.5%
39 Taiwan63.3%
40 Iran63.0%
41 Russian Federation62.6%
42 Hong Kong, China62.0%
43 Tunisia60.3%
44 Malaysia59.7%
45 Armenia58.6%
46 Turkiye58.1%
47 Mongolia55.9%
48 Georgia44.1%
49 Ghana41.1%
50 Botswana40.8%

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 = 5.864162 X +1.760
Correlation coefficient (r)0.572
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.327
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data48
Regression equation
Y = 121999.708676 X -58033.797
Correlation coefficient (r)0.493
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.243
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data49
Regression equation
Y = 34.519459 X +52.073
Correlation coefficient (r)0.613
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.376
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data49
Regression equation
Y = -2.466120 X +3.582
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.380
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -5.878057 X +12.486
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.108
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012