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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 "More than 2 but less 4 hours" "4 or more hours"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada 9.2%
1 Japan9.2%
3 United States8.3%
4 Republic of Korea6.8%
5 Australia6.6%
6 United Kingdom6.4%
7 Italy5.8%
8 Sweden5.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.
Source
TIMSS 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -8.719437 X +7.284
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 148515.796703 X +39007.605
Correlation coefficient (r)0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -24.519231 X +83.878
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.892857 X +1.487
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.043
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 76.456044 X +6.092
Correlation coefficient (r)0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048