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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with these statements about reading? - I read only to get information that I need.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden55.6%
2 United Kingdom55.4%
3 Germany53.1%
4 United States52.7%
5 Australia52.2%
6 France 46.8%
7 Italy46.4%
8 Canada46.2%
9 Republic of Korea34.5%
10 Japan27.7%

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 = 3.703340 X +4.912
Correlation coefficient (r)0.830
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.689

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 100359.082443 X +1701.616
Correlation coefficient (r)0.645
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.416

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -12.857261 X +88.051
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.517
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.267

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 2.210572 X +0.439
Correlation coefficient (r)0.690
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.476

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -21.318177 X +21.132
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.429
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.184