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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 "More than 2 but less 4 hours" "4 or more hours"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany16.6%
2 United States14.4%
3 Australia14.2%
4 United Kingdom11.9%England only
5 Japan9.6%
6 Sweden8.7%
7 Italy 8.0%

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 = 2.873119 X +6.369
Correlation coefficient (r)0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 269308.247148 X +19271.132
Correlation coefficient (r)0.563
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.317
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -44.859958 X +87.002
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.542
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.294
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3.299525 X +1.138
Correlation coefficient (r)0.592
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.350
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 23.921834 X +7.128
Correlation coefficient (r)0.218
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048