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Question: During the last month, how often did you have to read the following types of texts for school (in the classroom or for homework)? Fiction (e.g., novels, short stories)
Choices: "Many times" "Two or three times" "Once" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Many times"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye52.0%
2 Denmark42.5%
3 Poland40.9%
4 Germany40.8%
5 Latvia38.2%
5 United Kingdom38.2%
7 United States37.8%
8 Italy37.5%
9 Lithuania36.5%
10 Canada33.0%
11 Chile32.8%
12 Costa Rica31.6%
13 Australia31.3%
13 Israel31.3%
13 Luxembourg31.3%
16 Greece30.5%
17 Iceland30.4%
18 Colombia29.6%
19 Ireland27.7%
20 Japan27.6%
21 Switzerland27.5%
22 Norway27.0%
23 Hungary26.6%
24 Sweden25.9%
25 New Zealand24.4%
26 Finland23.5%
27 Mexico23.4%
28 France23.2%
29 Estonia22.7%
30 Slovenia21.3%
31 Austria 21.2%
32 Slovakia21.1%
33 Spain20.5%
34 Belgium19.7%
35 Czech Republic19.5%
36 Republic of Korea19.2%
37 Portugal17.9%
38 Netherlands14.3%

Note
The data of Azerbaijan are collected only in Baku. The data of China are collected only in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -1.394566 X +7.089
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.200
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -4854.064055 X +45993.608
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.014
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -9.815316 X +82.695
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.462910 X +1.453
Correlation coefficient (r)0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -11.422049 X +13.167
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.227
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052