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Question: On a normal school day, how much time do you spend before or after school doing each of these things? - I read a book for enjoyment.
Choices: "No time" "Less than 1 hour" "1-2 hours" "More than 2 but less 4 hours" "4 or more hours"
Data: % of "No time" "Less than 1 hour"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy 74.7%
2 Sweden72.4%
3 United Kingdom69.8%England only
4 Japan68.3%
5 Australia67.3%
6 United States65.1%
7 Germany55.2%

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

No data for 3 countries.
Source
TIMSS 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.133696 X +6.801
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.020
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -66531.519139 X +96294.575
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.268
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 15.751196 X +71.018
Correlation coefficient (r)0.367
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.007476 X +2.212
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.348
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.121
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -10.208433 X +16.874
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.179
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032