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Question: How much enjoyment do you get from reading books?
Choices: "No enjoyment" "Not much enjoyment" "Some enjoyment" "A fair amount of enjoyment" "A great amount of enjoyment" "I never do that"
Data: % of "A fair amount of enjoyment" "A great amount of enjoyment"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Cyprus91.2%
2 Mexico73.1%
3 Australia70.4%
4 Switzerland70.2%
5 New Zealand66.9%
6 Sweden63.6%
7 South Africa62.7%
8 France62.0%
9 United Kingdom61.1%
10 Hungary58.1%
11 Norway54.8%
12 Germany54.1%
13 Republic of Korea53.4%
14 Czech Republic53.1%
15 Russian Federation52.0%
16 Finland51.9%
17 Ireland51.5%
18 Belgium50.4%
19 Austria50.2%
20 Uruguay49.3%
21 Argentina45.9%
22 Philippines45.7%
23 Poland43.6%
24 Slovenia41.4%
25 United States41.0%
26 Slovakia37.6%
27 Bulgaria37.2%
27 Croatia37.2%
29 Chile34.7%
30 Latvia30.8%
31 Japan 30.3%
31 Taiwan30.3%
33 Dominican Republic28.9%
34 Israel25.3%

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

No data for 204 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 0.742855 X +6.151
Correlation coefficient (r)0.199
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 42550.540988 X +16427.538
Correlation coefficient (r)0.235
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 5.590424 X +75.109
Correlation coefficient (r)0.151
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.655710 X +2.025
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.841265 X +11.392
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001