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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? - Give your personal thoughts about the book or the chapter (e.g. did you like it and if so, why?)
Choices: "Yes" "No"
Data: % of "Yes"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ireland84.3%
2 Mexico83.7%
3 Finland82.8%
4 Estonia81.8%
5 Latvia80.8%
5 Slovenia80.8%
7 Sweden 80.6%
8 Colombia79.2%
9 Lithuania78.9%
10 Belgium77.7%
11 Norway77.5%
12 Poland77.2%
13 United States76.9%
14 Denmark75.3%
14 Turkiye75.3%
16 Canada75.2%
17 Austria73.8%
18 Luxembourg73.6%
19 Chile72.9%
20 Italy72.8%
20 New Zealand72.8%
22 Switzerland71.7%
23 Iceland71.6%
24 Germany71.1%
25 Czech Republic70.5%
26 Australia70.1%
27 Portugal70.0%
28 France69.1%
29 Greece68.7%
30 Spain68.0%
31 United Kingdom67.7%
32 Netherlands66.2%
33 Republic of Korea64.6%
34 Slovakia62.1%
35 Costa Rica59.7%
35 Hungary59.7%
37 Israel53.5%
38 Japan48.3%

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 = 1.040560 X +5.933
Correlation coefficient (r)0.148
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 51484.328937 X +7376.998
Correlation coefficient (r)0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -11.330157 X +88.042
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -0.397508 X +1.874
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.102
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 6.383430 X +5.246
Correlation coefficient (r)0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016