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Question: During this academic year, when you have to read a book or a chapter from a book for yourtest language lessons, does the teacher usually ask you to do the following tasks in the classroom or for homework? - List and write a short description of the main characters.
Choices: "Yes" "No"
Data: % of "Yes"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland89.3%
2 Ireland84.4%
3 Latvia83.6%
4 United Kingdom82.2%
5 Slovenia81.2%
6 Lithuania80.4%
7 Denmark80.1%
8 Germany79.5%
9 Colombia76.7%
10 Iceland76.0%
11 New Zealand74.4%
12 Luxembourg74.2%
13 Australia73.6%
13 Portugal73.6%
15 Finland73.5%
16 Greece70.6%
17 Canada70.4%
18 Estonia69.8%
19 Chile69.7%
20 Costa Rica68.8%
21 Switzerland68.6%
22 Norway66.1%
23 Japan 65.1%
24 France65.0%
25 United States64.9%
26 Turkiye64.0%
27 Slovakia63.5%
28 Netherlands62.8%
29 Mexico62.3%
30 Austria61.0%
31 Sweden60.2%
32 Czech Republic59.2%
33 Belgium59.1%
34 Italy57.6%
34 Spain57.6%
36 Republic of Korea56.7%
37 Israel50.6%
38 Hungary50.2%

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 = 0.606435 X +6.266
Correlation coefficient (r)0.102
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 33667.250161 X +21317.702
Correlation coefficient (r)0.112
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -4.493323 X +82.958
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.116
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -0.536544 X +1.958
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.164
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 3.573332 X +7.390
Correlation coefficient (r)0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007