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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%
2 Republic of Korea18.2%
3 Canada14.0%
4 Australia13.8%
5 United States12.4%
6 Germany12.1%
6 United Kingdom12.1%
8 Italy 11.0%
9 France10.5%
10 Sweden10.1%

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 = -7.150101 X +7.631
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.666
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.444

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -147643.230026 X +69098.665
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.394
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.155

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 23.814167 X +78.747
Correlation coefficient (r)0.398
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -4.709880 X +2.122
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.611
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.373

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 60.130959 X +2.886
Correlation coefficient (r)0.504
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.254