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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 sports.
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 Japan 43.2%
2 Italy36.1%
3 United States33.6%
4 Australia33.2%
5 United Kingdom31.7%England only
6 Sweden30.5%
7 Germany19.8%

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 = -3.219819 X +7.760
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.528
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.279

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -62525.968429 X +71731.819
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.280
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 12.207534 X +77.679
Correlation coefficient (r)0.316
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.100

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.405578 X +1.989
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.540
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.292

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 9.874249 X +6.761
Correlation coefficient (r)0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037