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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy74.7%
2 Sweden72.4%
3 United Kingdom69.8%England only
4 Japan 68.3%
5 Australia67.3%
6 United States65.1%
7 Germany55.2%

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

No data for 3 countries.
Source
TIMSS 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.343355 X +7.765
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -54308.893541 X +88910.350
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.272
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.074
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 11.866029 X +73.642
Correlation coefficient (r)0.323
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.754067 X +2.016
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.302
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -19.013158 X +25.056
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.329
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108