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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:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway83.9%
2 United Kingdom82.4%
3 Sweden 81.4%
4 Australia80.6%
5 Italy79.6%
6 United States78.5%
7 Colombia78.3%
8 Lithuania77.7%
9 Slovenia77.1%
10 Spain76.0%
11 Czech Republic75.7%
11 Hungary75.7%
13 Republic of Korea75.6%
14 Canada74.8%
15 Japan69.5%
16 Israel67.8%
17 Turkiye58.1%

Note
Don't know/ No answer are excluded. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 21 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 6.011302 X +1.979
Correlation coefficient (r)0.584
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.341

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 187947.440835 X -101483.916
Correlation coefficient (r)0.462
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 9.469005 X +72.894
Correlation coefficient (r)0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -2.493581 X +3.492
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.343
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 24.893667 X -8.643
Correlation coefficient (r)0.286
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082