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Question: How often do you read these materials because you want to? - Fiction (novels, narratives, stories)
Choices: "Never or almost never" "A few times a year" "About once a month" "Several times a month" "Several times a week"
Data: % of "Several times a week"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan22.4%
2 Turkiye22.3%
3 Republic of Korea18.2%
4 Colombia16.9%
5 Mexico16.4%
6 Israel16.2%
7 Costa Rica14.3%
8 Canada14.0%
9 Australia13.8%
10 Chile13.7%
11 New Zealand13.3%
12 Spain12.8%
13 Ireland 12.4%
13 United States12.4%
15 Germany12.1%
15 United Kingdom12.1%
17 Lithuania11.7%
18 Iceland11.6%
19 Luxembourg11.1%
20 Italy11.0%
21 Slovakia10.8%
22 Latvia10.6%
23 France10.5%
24 Sweden10.1%
25 Austria10.0%
26 Switzerland9.7%
27 Denmark9.6%
28 Portugal9.4%
29 Poland9.3%
30 Estonia8.9%
30 Greece8.9%
32 Hungary8.8%
33 Czech Republic8.7%
34 Netherlands6.9%
35 Norway6.7%
36 Belgium6.6%
37 Finland6.4%
38 Slovenia6.1%

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 = -7.016917 X +7.510
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.478
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -187494.031491 X +66628.390
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.253
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -9.824755 X +81.008
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.102
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.669463 X +1.508
Correlation coefficient (r)0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -19.937764 X +12.203
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035