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Question: How often do you read these materials because you want to? - Fiction (novels, narratives, stories)
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 Japan22.4%
3 Canada14.0%
5 United States12.4%
6 Germany 12.1%
6 United Kingdom12.1%
8 Italy11.0%
9 France10.5%

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 data7
Regression equation
Y = -4.512921 X +7.193
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.633
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.401

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -138744.190705 X +69464.609
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 21.374199 X +78.629
Correlation coefficient (r)0.414
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.674279 X +1.835
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.515
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.265

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 37.219551 X +4.435
Correlation coefficient (r)0.450
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203