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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with these statements about reading? - I read only to get information that I need.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway60.1%
2 Netherlands58.7%
3 Lithuania57.8%
4 Chile57.0%
5 Sweden55.6%
6 United Kingdom55.4%
7 Costa Rica54.5%
8 Belgium53.4%
8 Denmark53.4%
10 Germany53.1%
11 Mexico52.8%
12 Slovenia52.7%
12 United States52.7%
14 Austria52.5%
15 Australia52.2%
16 Ireland51.6%
16 Switzerland51.6%
18 New Zealand51.4%
19 Finland51.0%
20 Latvia50.9%
21 Iceland 49.8%
22 Luxembourg48.6%
23 Hungary48.0%
24 France46.8%
25 Italy46.4%
26 Canada46.2%
27 Estonia46.1%
28 Israel45.8%
28 Portugal45.8%
28 Slovakia45.8%
31 Czech Republic45.1%
32 Poland44.8%
33 Colombia44.6%
34 Spain44.3%
35 Greece36.3%
36 Republic of Korea34.5%
37 Turkiye33.3%
38 Japan27.7%

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 = 5.548464 X +3.995
Correlation coefficient (r)0.596
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.355

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 124399.133263 X -16528.687
Correlation coefficient (r)0.308
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -3.526458 X +82.151
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.577687 X +1.296
Correlation coefficient (r)0.131
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 7.972982 X +8.519
Correlation coefficient (r)0.102
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010