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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:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark75.0%
2 Italy74.7%
3 Sweden72.4%
4 Latvia71.9%
5 Norway70.5%
6 Netherlands70.3%
7 United Kingdom69.8%England only
8 Japan68.3%
9 Australia67.3%
10 United States65.1%
11 Slovakia63.7%
12 Hungary63.6%
13 Colombia63.3%
14 New Zealand63.1%
15 Czech Republic61.9%
16 Slovenia61.0%
17 Lithuania60.8%
18 Austria 58.9%
19 Germany55.2%

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 = 2.149354 X +5.299
Correlation coefficient (r)0.234
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 132774.314054 X -43654.978
Correlation coefficient (r)0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 21.018159 X +65.518
Correlation coefficient (r)0.300
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.090

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.320317 X +1.794
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.119
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -13.577699 X +19.604
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037