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Question: How often do you read these materials because you want to? - Non-fiction books (informational, documentary)
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 Lithuania14.5%
2 Turkiye 14.4%
3 Colombia11.4%
4 Mexico10.9%
5 Estonia9.2%
6 Israel8.5%
7 Sweden8.1%
8 Chile7.9%
9 Republic of Korea7.7%
10 Costa Rica7.6%
11 Latvia7.5%
12 Slovakia6.6%
13 Greece6.3%
13 Poland6.3%
15 Austria6.1%
16 Spain5.9%
16 United Kingdom5.9%
18 Australia5.7%
18 Denmark5.7%
18 United States5.7%
21 Germany5.4%
22 Canada5.1%
22 France5.1%
22 New Zealand5.1%
25 Hungary4.9%
25 Ireland4.9%
25 Italy4.9%
28 Czech Republic4.7%
29 Japan4.6%
29 Luxembourg4.6%
31 Finland4.5%
31 Switzerland4.5%
33 Belgium4.3%
34 Portugal4.1%
35 Netherlands3.7%
36 Norway3.6%
37 Iceland3.4%
38 Slovenia3.3%

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 = -9.253030 X +7.276
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.439
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.193

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -520367.032596 X +77809.301
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.490
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.240

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -84.278393 X +85.233
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.611
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.373

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 1.764409 X +1.474
Correlation coefficient (r)0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -10.434580 X +10.526
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005