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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:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark68.4%
2 Sweden66.1%
3 Germany62.0%
4 Latvia61.5%
5 Slovakia60.8%
6 Austria 57.3%
7 Netherlands54.5%
8 Lithuania53.7%
9 Norway52.6%
10 Czech Republic52.4%
11 Hungary46.8%
12 Japan37.9%
13 United States37.4%
14 United Kingdom37.3%England only
15 Slovenia35.9%
16 Italy33.1%
17 Australia30.6%
18 New Zealand30.3%
19 Colombia25.0%

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

No data for 19 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 1.524096 X +5.996
Correlation coefficient (r)0.406
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.165

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 30307.542697 X +29758.108
Correlation coefficient (r)0.171
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -1.858755 X +80.305
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.065
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 0.122088 X +1.524
Correlation coefficient (r)0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 6.517045 X +7.524
Correlation coefficient (r)0.227
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052