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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 "No time" "Less than 1 hour"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom 82.4%
2 Sweden81.4%
3 Australia80.6%
4 Italy79.6%
5 United States78.5%
6 Republic of Korea75.6%
7 Canada74.8%
8 Japan69.5%

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 = 7.014873 X +1.195
Correlation coefficient (r)0.643
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.413
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 148147.406946 X -65483.683
Correlation coefficient (r)0.393
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -19.926803 X +97.603
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.332
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.502570 X -1.302
Correlation coefficient (r)0.499
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.249
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -41.685874 X +44.067
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.354
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125