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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 "No time" "Less than 1 hour"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 Italy43.4%
3 United States40.6%
4 United Kingdom38.0%England only
5 Japan32.0%
6 Germany20.4%

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

No data for 2 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -0.402261 X +6.656
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.118
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 25769.110652 X +42129.734
Correlation coefficient (r)0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.581944 X +81.972
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.073872 X +1.414
Correlation coefficient (r)0.036
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -4.097920 X +10.675
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.091
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008