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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden 61.2%
2 United Kingdom57.9%
3 Italy51.4%
4 United States50.8%
5 Canada40.9%
6 Australia34.5%
7 Japan30.2%
8 Republic of Korea25.6%

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 data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.116924 X +5.719
Correlation coefficient (r)0.597
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.356

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 40593.972124 X +31888.281
Correlation coefficient (r)0.332
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -8.634985 X +85.905
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.443
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.196

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.378952 X +0.815
Correlation coefficient (r)0.605
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.366

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -21.650759 X +21.175
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.567
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.321