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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 "No time" "Less than 1 hour"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Colombia54.8%
2 New Zealand48.0%
3 Australia46.9%
4 Italy43.4%
5 United States40.6%
6 United Kingdom38.0%England only
7 Slovenia37.8%
8 Japan32.0%
9 Hungary26.5%
10 Norway24.7%
11 Czech Republic24.6%
12 Lithuania23.1%
13 Netherlands22.1%
14 Austria21.5%
15 Germany20.4%
16 Latvia17.6%
17 Sweden 16.6%
18 Slovakia16.5%
19 Denmark14.5%

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 = -1.381765 X +7.135
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.335
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -22992.679534 X +51064.700
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.118
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 1.869420 X +78.861
Correlation coefficient (r)0.059
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.012501 X +1.586
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -9.507006 X +13.473
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.300
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.090