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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 play sports.
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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States38.3%
2 Canada35.6%
3 United Kingdom34.5%
4 Italy31.6%
5 Australia30.6%
6 Sweden28.9%
7 Japan 28.0%
8 Republic of Korea4.9%

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

No data for 2 countries.
Source
TIMSS 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.354116 X +5.767
Correlation coefficient (r)0.653
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.426
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 71455.530862 X +29452.793
Correlation coefficient (r)0.561
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.315
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -11.366479 X +85.277
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.536
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.287
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.197306 X +0.769
Correlation coefficient (r)0.831
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.691
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -53.662399 X +29.789
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.826
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.682