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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 "More than 2 but less 4 hours" "4 or more hours"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany16.6%
2 United States14.4%
3 Australia14.2%
4 United Kingdom11.9%England only
5 Japan 9.6%
6 Sweden8.7%
7 Italy8.0%

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 = 5.514026 X +6.201
Correlation coefficient (r)0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 204740.201518 X +27835.239
Correlation coefficient (r)0.532
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.283
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -35.041502 X +85.832
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.399130 X +1.221
Correlation coefficient (r)0.499
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.249
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 26.765502 X +9.025
Correlation coefficient (r)0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058