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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom29.0%
2 Australia26.9%
3 France 26.2%
4 United States25.6%
5 Germany16.3%
6 Sweden15.9%
7 Republic of Korea14.9%
8 Japan12.5%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.659427 X +6.109
Correlation coefficient (r)0.397
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 115360.790125 X +25898.175
Correlation coefficient (r)0.503
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.253

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -19.051177 X +85.809
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.488
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.238

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.885837 X +0.910
Correlation coefficient (r)0.590
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.348

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -28.998223 X +18.106
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.433
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187