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Question: How often do you read these materials because you want to? - Non-fiction books (informational, documentary)
Choices: "Never or almost never" "A few times a year" "About once a month" "Several times a month" "Several times a week"
Data: % of "Several times a week"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden8.1%
2 Republic of Korea7.7%
3 United Kingdom5.9%
4 Australia5.7%
4 United States5.7%
6 Germany5.4%
7 Canada 5.1%
7 France5.1%
9 Italy4.9%
10 Japan4.6%

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

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 10.228158 X +6.059
Correlation coefficient (r)0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 101463.786944 X +43025.408
Correlation coefficient (r)0.082
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 17.294576 X +80.993
Correlation coefficient (r)0.088
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -5.641442 X +1.807
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.222
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 232.713543 X -2.444
Correlation coefficient (r)0.592
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.350