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Question: How often do you read books in your free time?
Choices: "Daily" "Several times a week" "Several times a month" "Several times a year or less often" "Never"
Data: % of "Daily"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand32.4%
2 United Kingdom29.0%
3 Australia26.9%
4 Switzerland26.6%
5 France26.2%
6 United States25.6%
7 Israel18.1%
8 Norway17.8%
9 Finland17.4%
10 Argentina16.7%
11 South Africa16.6%
12 Germany16.3%
13 Russian Federation16.0%
14 Sweden15.9%
15 Ireland15.6%
16 Republic of Korea14.9%
17 Uruguay14.6%
18 Taiwan14.5%
19 Czech Republic14.3%
20 Poland13.5%
21 Austria13.3%
22 Hungary13.2%
23 Japan 12.5%
24 Mexico12.1%
25 Croatia11.7%
26 Latvia11.6%
27 Slovakia11.1%
28 Dominican Republic10.9%
29 Philippines10.4%
30 Belgium9.6%
30 Bulgaria9.6%
32 Slovenia9.1%
33 Chile6.7%
34 Cyprus6.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 204 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 3.750320 X +5.932
Correlation coefficient (r)0.435
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.189
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 212617.943920 X +4233.071
Correlation coefficient (r)0.509
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.259
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 26.185409 X +73.807
Correlation coefficient (r)0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.144366 X +1.669
Correlation coefficient (r)0.023
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 7.111121 X +9.837
Correlation coefficient (r)0.092
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008