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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia70.4%
2 Sweden63.6%
3 France 62.0%
4 United Kingdom61.1%
5 Germany54.1%
6 Republic of Korea53.4%
7 United States41.0%
8 Japan30.3%

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

No data for 2 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.243170 X +5.443
Correlation coefficient (r)0.666
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.444
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 21537.828755 X +38287.576
Correlation coefficient (r)0.187
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.561293 X +79.885
Correlation coefficient (r)0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.913628 X +1.016
Correlation coefficient (r)0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -8.985547 X +16.937
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.267
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071