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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 play or talk with friends.
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 Sweden66.1%
2 Germany62.0%
3 Japan 37.9%
4 United States37.4%
5 United Kingdom37.3%England only
6 Italy33.1%
7 Australia30.6%

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 = 1.404501 X +6.100
Correlation coefficient (r)0.471
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.222

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3989.428520 X +49622.454
Correlation coefficient (r)0.036
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.893878 X +81.268
Correlation coefficient (r)0.047
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.414482 X +1.351
Correlation coefficient (r)0.326
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3.538576 X +8.440
Correlation coefficient (r)0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020